Public holidays · 2026

Public holidays in Gabon 2026

Gabon has 16 days of national public holidays in 2026, 10 on working days.

Next: Toussaint (All Saints' Day), Sunday, 1 November 2026in 14 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Gabon in 2026: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanThu	Jour de l'anNew Year's Day	290 days ago
20 MarFri	Fin du Ramadan (estimé)Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	212 days ago
5 AprSunWeekend	PâquesEaster Sunday	196 days ago
6 AprMon	Lundi de PâquesEaster Monday	195 days ago
17 AprFri	Journée des droits de la femmeWomen's Rights Day	184 days ago
1 MayFri	Fête du TravailLabor Day	170 days ago
14 MayThu	AscensionAscension Day	157 days ago
24 MaySunWeekend	PentecôtePentecost	147 days ago
25 MayMon	Lundi de PentecôtePentecost Monday	146 days ago
27 MayWed	Fête du sacrifice (estimé)Eid al-Adha (estimated)	144 days ago
15 AugSatWeekend	Assomption de MarieAssumption Day	64 days ago
16 AugSunWeekend	Jour de l'indépendanceIndependence Day	63 days ago
17 AugMon	Fête de l'indépendanceIndependence Day Holiday	62 days ago
30 AugSunWeekend	Journée de la LibérationLiberation Day	49 days ago
1 NovSunWeekend	ToussaintAll Saints' Day	in 14 days
25 DecFri	NoëlChristmas Day	in 68 days

At a glance

Gabon in 2026

01Public holidays

16 days

10 on working days, 6 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

7 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

Toussaint (All Saints' Day)

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · in 14 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.

Fri 20 Mar – Sun 22 Mar
3 days offEid al-Fitr (estimated)
Sat 4 Apr – Mon 6 Apr
3 days offEaster Sunday · Easter Monday
Fri 17 Apr – Sun 19 Apr
3 days offWomen's Rights Day
Fri 1 May – Sun 3 May
3 days offLabor Day
Sat 23 May – Mon 25 May
3 days offPentecost · Pentecost Monday
Sat 15 Aug – Mon 17 Aug
3 days offAssumption Day · Independence Day · Independence Day Holiday
Fri 25 Dec – Sun 27 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 Libreville.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Gabon have in 2026?

Gabon has 16 days of national public holidays in 2026, 10 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Gabon?

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

How many long weekends does Gabon have in 2026?

7: Fri 20 Mar – Sun 22 Mar (Eid al-Fitr (estimated)); Sat 4 Apr – Mon 6 Apr (Easter Sunday, Easter Monday); Fri 17 Apr – Sun 19 Apr (Women's Rights Day); Fri 1 May – Sun 3 May (Labor Day); Sat 23 May – Mon 25 May (Pentecost, Pentecost Monday); Sat 15 Aug – Mon 17 Aug (Assumption Day, Independence Day, Independence Day Holiday); Fri 25 Dec – Sun 27 Dec (Christmas Day).

Which public holidays in Gabon fall on a weekend in 2026?

Pâques (Easter Sunday), Sunday, 5 April 2026; Pentecôte (Pentecost), Sunday, 24 May 2026; Assomption de Marie (Assumption Day), Saturday, 15 August 2026; Jour de l'indépendance (Independence Day), Sunday, 16 August 2026; Journée de la Libération (Liberation Day), Sunday, 30 August 2026; Toussaint (All Saints' Day), Sunday, 1 November 2026.