Public holidays in Gambia 2028

There are 22 public holidays in 2028. 16 of them fall on a working day.

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All 22 public holidays in Gambia 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	New Year's Day
3 Jan 2028	Monday	New Year's Day (observed)
18 Feb 2028	Friday	Independence Day
23 Feb 2028	Wednesday	Laylat al-Qadr (estimated)	Lialat-Ul-Qadr (estimated)
26 Feb 2028	Saturday	Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	Koriteh (estimated)
27 Feb 2028	Sunday	Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	Koriteh (estimated)
28 Feb 2028	Monday	Eid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)	Koriteh (observed, estimated)
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday
17 Apr 2028	Monday	Easter Monday
1 May 2028	Monday	Labor Day	Labour Day
5 May 2028	Friday	Eid al-Adha (estimated)	Tobaski (estimated)
6 May 2028	Saturday	Eid al-Adha (estimated)	Tobaski (estimated)
8 May 2028	Monday	Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)	Tobaski (observed, estimated)
25 May 2028	Thursday	Africa Liberation Day
3 Jun 2028	Saturday	Ashura (estimated)	Yawmul Ashura (estimated)
5 Jun 2028	Monday	Ashura (observed, estimated)	Yawmul Ashura (observed, estimated)
22 Jul 2028	Saturday	July 22 Revolution Day
24 Jul 2028	Monday	July 22 Revolution Day (observed)
3 Aug 2028	Thursday	Prophet's Birthday (estimated)	Mawlid Nabi (estimated)
15 Aug 2028	Tuesday	Assumption Day	Feast of the Assumption
25 Dec 2028	Monday	Christmas Day
26 Dec 2028	Tuesday	Boxing 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 2028

18 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 14 Feb, Tue 15 Feb, Wed 16 Feb, Thu 17 Feb	12 Feb – 20 Feb 2028	4	9	2.3	Independence Day
Mon 21 Feb, Tue 22 Feb	18 Feb – 23 Feb 2028	2	6	3	Independence Day, Laylat al-Qadr (estimated)
Thu 24 Feb, Fri 25 Feb	23 Feb – 28 Feb 2028	2	6	3	Laylat al-Qadr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)
Tue 29 Feb, Wed 1 Mar, Thu 2 Mar, Fri 3 Mar	26 Feb – 5 Mar 2028	4	9	2.3	Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)
Mon 10 Apr, Tue 11 Apr, Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	8 Apr – 17 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Monday
Tue 18 Apr, Wed 19 Apr, Thu 20 Apr, Fri 21 Apr	14 Apr – 23 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Monday
Tue 2 May, Wed 3 May, Thu 4 May	29 Apr – 8 May 2028	3	10	3.3	Labor Day, Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
Tue 9 May, Wed 10 May, Thu 11 May, Fri 12 May	5 May – 14 May 2028	4	10	2.5	Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (observed, estimated)
Mon 22 May, Tue 23 May, Wed 24 May	20 May – 25 May 2028	3	6	2	Africa Liberation Day
Fri 26 May	25 May – 28 May 2028	1	4	4	Africa Liberation Day
Tue 6 Jun, Wed 7 Jun, Thu 8 Jun, Fri 9 Jun	3 Jun – 11 Jun 2028	4	9	2.3	Ashura (estimated), Ashura (observed, estimated)
Tue 25 Jul, Wed 26 Jul, Thu 27 Jul, Fri 28 Jul	22 Jul – 30 Jul 2028	4	9	2.3	July 22 Revolution Day, July 22 Revolution Day (observed)
Mon 31 Jul, Tue 1 Aug, Wed 2 Aug	29 Jul – 3 Aug 2028	3	6	2	Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Fri 4 Aug	3 Aug – 6 Aug 2028	1	4	4	Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Mon 14 Aug	12 Aug – 15 Aug 2028	1	4	4	Assumption Day
Wed 16 Aug, Thu 17 Aug, Fri 18 Aug	15 Aug – 20 Aug 2028	3	6	2	Assumption Day
Wed 27 Dec, Thu 28 Dec, Fri 29 Dec	23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029	3	10	3.3	Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 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 Gambia have in 2028?

22 public holidays. 6 of them fall on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Africa Liberation Day: take 1 day of leave (26 May) and you get 4 days off in a row, 25 May – 28 May 2028.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code GM (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.gm) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026