Public holidays · 2028

Public holidays in Namibia 2028

Namibia has 13 days of national public holidays in 2028, 9 on working days.

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

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Namibia in 2028: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanSatWeekend	New Year's Day	in 440 days
21 MarTue	Independence Day	in 520 days
14 AprFri	Good Friday	in 544 days
17 AprMon	Easter Monday	in 547 days
1 MayMon	Workers' Day	in 561 days
4 MayThu	Cassinga Day	in 564 days
25 MayThu	Africa Day	in 585 days
25 MayThu	Ascension Day	in 585 days
28 MaySunWeekend	Genocide Remembrance Day	in 588 days
26 AugSatWeekend	Heroes' Day	in 678 days
10 SeptSunWeekend	Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day	in 693 days
11 SeptMon	Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day (observed)	in 694 days
25 DecMon	Christmas Day	in 799 days
26 DecTue	Family Day	in 800 days

At a glance

Namibia in 2028

01Public holidays

13 days

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

02Long weekends

4 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 14 Apr – Mon 17 Apr
4 days offGood Friday · Easter Monday
Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May
3 days offWorkers' Day
Sat 9 Sept – Mon 11 Sept
3 days offDay of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day · Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day (observed)
Sat 23 Dec – Tue 26 Dec
4 days offChristmas Day · Family 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 Windhoek.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Namibia have in 2028?

Namibia has 13 days of national public holidays in 2028, 9 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 2028?

4: Fri 14 Apr – Mon 17 Apr (Good Friday, Easter Monday); Sat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May (Workers' Day); Sat 9 Sept – Mon 11 Sept (Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day, Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day (observed)); Sat 23 Dec – Tue 26 Dec (Christmas Day, Family Day).

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

New Year's Day, Saturday, 1 January 2028; Genocide Remembrance Day, Sunday, 28 May 2028; Heroes' Day, Saturday, 26 August 2028; Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day, Sunday, 10 September 2028.