Public holidays 2027 in Zambia
There are 17 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | ||
| Monday | International Women's Day | ||
| Friday | Youth Day | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | ||
| Saturday | Holy Saturday | ||
| Sunday | Easter Sunday | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | ||
| Wednesday | Kenneth Kaunda Day | ||
| Saturday | Labour Day | ||
| Tuesday | Africa Freedom Day | ||
| Monday | Heroes' Day | ||
| Tuesday | Unity Day | ||
| Monday | Farmers' Day | ||
| Monday | National Prayer Day | ||
| Sunday | Independence Day | ||
| Monday | Independence Day (observed) | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2027
11 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 9 Mar, Wed 10 Mar, Thu 11 Mar | 6 Mar – 14 Mar 2027 | 3 | 9 | 3 | International Women's Day, Youth Day |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 26 Apr, Tue 27 Apr | 24 Apr – 28 Apr 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Kenneth Kaunda Day |
| Thu 29 Apr, Fri 30 Apr | 28 Apr – 2 May 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Kenneth Kaunda Day, Labour Day |
| Mon 24 May | 22 May – 25 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Africa Freedom Day |
| Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May, Fri 28 May | 25 May – 30 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Africa Freedom Day |
| Wed 7 Jul, Thu 8 Jul, Fri 9 Jul | 3 Jul – 11 Jul 2027 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Heroes' Day, Unity Day |
| Tue 3 Aug, Wed 4 Aug, Thu 5 Aug, Fri 6 Aug | 31 Jul – 8 Aug 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Farmers' Day |
| Tue 19 Oct, Wed 20 Oct, Thu 21 Oct, Fri 22 Oct | 16 Oct – 25 Oct 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | National Prayer Day, Independence Day, Independence Day (observed) |
| Tue 26 Oct, Wed 27 Oct, Thu 28 Oct, Fri 29 Oct | 23 Oct – 31 Oct 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Independence Day, Independence Day (observed) |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code ZM (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.zm) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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