Public holidays · 2026

Public holidays in Kiribati 2026

Kiribati has 17 days of national public holidays in 2026, 12 on working days.

Next: Human Rights and Peace Day, Wednesday, 9 December 2026in 50 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Kiribati in 2026: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanThu	New Year's Day	292 days ago
8 MarSunWeekend	International Women's Day	226 days ago
9 MarMon	International Women's Day (observed)	225 days ago
3 AprFri	Good Friday	200 days ago
6 AprMon	Easter Monday	197 days ago
19 AprSunWeekend	National Health Day	184 days ago
20 AprMon	National Health Day (observed)	183 days ago
11 JulSatWeekend	Gospel Day	101 days ago
12 JulSunWeekend	National Day - Independence Anniversary	100 days ago
13 JulMon	National Day - Independence Anniversary (observed)	99 days ago
15 JulWed	National Day (in honor of Unimwane)	97 days ago
16 JulThu	National Day (in honor of Unaine)	96 days ago
5 AugWed	Youth Day	76 days ago
9 DecWed	Human Rights and Peace Day	in 50 days
25 DecFri	Christmas Day	in 66 days
26 DecSatWeekend	Boxing Day	in 67 days
28 DecMon	Boxing Day (observed)	in 69 days

At a glance

Kiribati in 2026

01Public holidays

17 days

12 on working days, 5 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

5 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

Human Rights and Peace Day

Wednesday, 9 December 2026 · in 50 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.

Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar
3 days offInternational Women's Day · International Women's Day (observed)
Fri 3 Apr – Mon 6 Apr
4 days offGood Friday · Easter Monday
Sat 18 Apr – Mon 20 Apr
3 days offNational Health Day · National Health Day (observed)
Sat 11 Jul – Mon 13 Jul
3 days offGospel Day · National Day - Independence Anniversary · National Day - Independence Anniversary (observed)
Fri 25 Dec – Mon 28 Dec
4 days offChristmas Day · Boxing Day · Boxing Day (observed)

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 Tarawa.

python-holidays on GitHub All countries Time in Kiribati

Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Kiribati have in 2026?

Kiribati has 17 days of national public holidays in 2026, 12 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Kiribati?

Human Rights and Peace Day, on Wednesday, 9 December 2026.

How many long weekends does Kiribati have in 2026?

5: Sat 7 Mar – Mon 9 Mar (International Women's Day, International Women's Day (observed)); Fri 3 Apr – Mon 6 Apr (Good Friday, Easter Monday); Sat 18 Apr – Mon 20 Apr (National Health Day, National Health Day (observed)); Sat 11 Jul – Mon 13 Jul (Gospel Day, National Day - Independence Anniversary, National Day - Independence Anniversary (observed)); Fri 25 Dec – Mon 28 Dec (Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed)).

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

International Women's Day, Sunday, 8 March 2026; National Health Day, Sunday, 19 April 2026; Gospel Day, Saturday, 11 July 2026; National Day - Independence Anniversary, Sunday, 12 July 2026; Boxing Day, Saturday, 26 December 2026.