Public holidays · 2027

Public holidays in Namibia 2027

Namibia has 15 days of national public holidays in 2027, 11 on working days.

Next: Christmas Day, Friday, 25 December 2026in 68 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Namibia in 2027: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanFri	New Year's Day	in 75 days
21 MarSunWeekend	Independence Day	in 154 days
22 MarMon	Independence Day (observed)	in 155 days
26 MarFri	Good Friday	in 159 days
29 MarMon	Easter Monday	in 162 days
1 MaySatWeekend	Workers' Day	in 195 days
4 MayTue	Cassinga Day	in 198 days
6 MayThu	Ascension Day	in 200 days
25 MayTue	Africa Day	in 219 days
28 MayFri	Genocide Remembrance Day	in 222 days
26 AugThu	Heroes' Day	in 312 days
10 SeptFri	Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day	in 327 days
25 DecSatWeekend	Christmas Day	in 433 days
26 DecSunWeekend	Family Day	in 434 days
27 DecMon	Family Day (observed)	in 435 days

At a glance

Namibia in 2027

01Public holidays

15 days

11 on working days, 4 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

6 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

Christmas Day

Friday, 25 December 2026 · in 68 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 1 Jan – Sun 3 Jan
3 days offNew Year's Day
Sat 20 Mar – Mon 22 Mar
3 days offIndependence Day · Independence Day (observed)
Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar
4 days offGood Friday · Easter Monday
Fri 28 May – Sun 30 May
3 days offGenocide Remembrance Day
Fri 10 Sept – Sun 12 Sept
3 days offDay of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day
Sat 25 Dec – Mon 27 Dec
3 days offChristmas Day · Family Day · Family 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 Windhoek.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Namibia have in 2027?

Namibia has 15 days of national public holidays in 2027, 11 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Namibia?

Christmas Day, on Friday, 25 December 2026.

How many long weekends does Namibia have in 2027?

6: Fri 1 Jan – Sun 3 Jan (New Year's Day); Sat 20 Mar – Mon 22 Mar (Independence Day, Independence Day (observed)); Fri 26 Mar – Mon 29 Mar (Good Friday, Easter Monday); Fri 28 May – Sun 30 May (Genocide Remembrance Day); Fri 10 Sept – Sun 12 Sept (Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day); Sat 25 Dec – Mon 27 Dec (Christmas Day, Family Day, Family Day (observed)).

Which public holidays in Namibia fall on a weekend in 2027?

Independence Day, Sunday, 21 March 2027; Workers' Day, Saturday, 1 May 2027; Christmas Day, Saturday, 25 December 2027; Family Day, Sunday, 26 December 2027.