Public holidays · 2028

Public holidays in Benin 2028

Benin has 14 days of national public holidays in 2028, 12 on working days.

Next: La Toussaint (All Saints' Day), Sunday, 1 November 2026in 12 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Benin in 2028: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanSatWeekend	Fête du Nouvel AnNew Year's Day	in 438 days
13 JanThu	Fête annuelle des religions traditionnellesVodoun Festival	in 450 days
14 JanFri	Fête annuelle des religions traditionnellesVodoun Festival	in 451 days
26 FebSatWeekend	Jour du Ramadan (estimé)Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	in 494 days
17 AprMon	Lundi de PâquesEaster Monday	in 545 days
1 MayMon	Fête du TravailLabor Day	in 559 days
5 MayFri	Jour de la Tabaski (estimé)Eid al-Adha (estimated)	in 563 days
25 MayThu	Jour de l'AscensionAscension Day	in 583 days
5 JunMon	Lundi de PentecôtePentecost Monday	in 594 days
1 AugTue	Fête NationaleNational Day	in 651 days
3 AugThu	Journée Maouloud (estimé)Prophet's Birthday (estimated)	in 653 days
15 AugTue	Jour de l'AssomptionAssumption Day	in 665 days
1 NovWed	La ToussaintAll Saints' Day	in 743 days
25 DecMon	Jour de NoëlChristmas Day	in 797 days

At a glance

Benin in 2028

01Public holidays

14 days

12 on working days, 2 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

6 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

La Toussaint (All Saints' Day)

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · in 12 days

Days off in a row

Long weekends

Three or more days off in a row: the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) next to a nationwide public holiday on a working day.

Thu 13 Jan – Sun 16 Jan
4 days offVodoun Festival
Sat 15 Apr – Mon 17 Apr
3 days offEaster Monday
Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May
3 days offLabor Day
Fri 5 May – Sun 7 May
3 days offEid al-Adha (estimated)
Sat 3 Jun – Mon 5 Jun
3 days offPentecost Monday
Sat 23 Dec – Mon 25 Dec
3 days offChristmas Day

Sources and limits

About these dates

Dates come from the open-source python-holidays project (0.106, MIT licence), which follows each country’s laws and official calendars; Hourora built these tables from it on 16 October 2026. Names are shown as the source gives them, in the local language and in English, without machine translation.

Dates marked “estimated” follow lunar or religious calendars and can move by a day when they are announced. Days off decreed at short notice, such as bridge days, may be missing. Check with an official source before you book.

Long weekends count the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and nationwide public holidays only. “When” counts days by the local date in Porto-Novo.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Benin have in 2028?

Benin has 14 days of national public holidays in 2028, 12 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Benin?

La Toussaint (All Saints' Day), on Sunday, 1 November 2026.

How many long weekends does Benin have in 2028?

6: Thu 13 Jan – Sun 16 Jan (Vodoun Festival); Sat 15 Apr – Mon 17 Apr (Easter Monday); Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May (Labor Day); Fri 5 May – Sun 7 May (Eid al-Adha (estimated)); Sat 3 Jun – Mon 5 Jun (Pentecost Monday); Sat 23 Dec – Mon 25 Dec (Christmas Day).

Which public holidays in Benin fall on a weekend in 2028?

Fête du Nouvel An (New Year's Day), Saturday, 1 January 2028; Jour du Ramadan (estimé) (Eid al-Fitr (estimated)), Saturday, 26 February 2028.