Public holidays in Ghana 2028

There are 14 public holidays in 2028. 10 of them fall on a working day.

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All 14 public holidays in Ghana 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	New Year's Day
7 Jan 2028	Friday	Constitution Day
26 Feb 2028	Saturday	Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated)
27 Feb 2028	Sunday	Shaqq Day (estimated)
6 Mar 2028	Monday	Independence Day
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday
17 Apr 2028	Monday	Easter Monday
1 May 2028	Monday	Labour Day
5 May 2028	Friday	Eid-ul-Adha (estimated)
1 Jul 2028	Saturday	Republic Day
21 Sep 2028	Thursday	Founder's Day
1 Dec 2028	Friday	Farmers' Day
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

9 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
Mon 3 Jan, Tue 4 Jan, Wed 5 Jan, Thu 6 Jan	1 Jan – 9 Jan 2028	4	9	2.3	New Year's Day, Constitution Day
Tue 7 Mar, Wed 8 Mar, Thu 9 Mar, Fri 10 Mar	4 Mar – 12 Mar 2028	4	9	2.3	Independence Day
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 – 7 May 2028	3	9	3	Labour Day, Eid-ul-Adha (estimated)
Mon 18 Sep, Tue 19 Sep, Wed 20 Sep	16 Sep – 21 Sep 2028	3	6	2	Founder's Day
Fri 22 Sep	21 Sep – 24 Sep 2028	1	4	4	Founder's Day
Mon 27 Nov, Tue 28 Nov, Wed 29 Nov, Thu 30 Nov	25 Nov – 3 Dec 2028	4	9	2.3	Farmers' 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 Ghana have in 2028?

14 public holidays. 4 of them fall on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Founder's Day: take 1 day of leave (22 Sep) and you get 4 days off in a row, 21 Sep – 24 Sep 2028.

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Sources

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

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026