Public holidays in Falkland Islands 2028

There are 9 public holidays in 2028. 8 of them fall on a working day.

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All 9 public holidays in Falkland Islands 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	New Year's Day
3 Jan 2028	Monday	New Year's Day (observed)
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday
14 Jun 2028	Wednesday	Liberation Day
2 Oct 2028	Monday	Peat Cutting Day
14 Nov 2028	Tuesday	King's Birthday	HM The King's Birthday
25 Dec 2028	Monday	Christmas Day
26 Dec 2028	Tuesday	Boxing Day
27 Dec 2028	Wednesday	Christmas Holiday

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 2028

8 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 4 Jan, Wed 5 Jan, Thu 6 Jan, Fri 7 Jan	1 Jan – 9 Jan 2028	4	9	2.3	New Year's Day, New Year's Day (observed)
Mon 10 Apr, Tue 11 Apr, Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	8 Apr – 16 Apr 2028	4	9	2.3	Good Friday
Mon 12 Jun, Tue 13 Jun	10 Jun – 14 Jun 2028	2	5	2.5	Liberation Day
Thu 15 Jun, Fri 16 Jun	14 Jun – 18 Jun 2028	2	5	2.5	Liberation Day
Tue 3 Oct, Wed 4 Oct, Thu 5 Oct, Fri 6 Oct	30 Sep – 8 Oct 2028	4	9	2.3	Peat Cutting Day
Mon 13 Nov	11 Nov – 14 Nov 2028	1	4	4	King's Birthday
Wed 15 Nov, Thu 16 Nov, Fri 17 Nov	14 Nov – 19 Nov 2028	3	6	2	King's Birthday
Thu 28 Dec, Fri 29 Dec	23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029	2	10	5	Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Holiday, New Year's Day

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.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Falkland Islands have in 2028?

9 public holidays. One of them falls on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Holiday, New Year's Day: take 2 days of leave (28 Dec, 29 Dec) and you get 10 days off in a row, 23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code FK (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.fk) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026