Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Ghana 2026
Ghana has 16 public holidays in 2026: 14 on working days and 2 on a weekend. The next one is Farmers' Day on Friday, December 4, 2026, in 67 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Ghana
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 14 of the 16 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 14 of the 16 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Friday, with 8 dates.
Ten of the 16 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Public Holiday on Friday, January 9, Independence Day on Friday, March 6, Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, March 20, Good Friday on Friday, April 3, Easter Monday on Monday, April 6, Labour Day on Friday, May 1, and 4 more. One more holiday sits one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns it into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off).
January, March and December are the busiest months, with 3 holiday dates. Five months have no public holiday at all (February, June, August, October and November). The longest stretch between two holidays is 80 days, from Public Holiday on July 3 to Founder's Day on September 21, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 14 public holidays, 2 holidays fewer than 2026. 9 of the 14 dates fall on a working day, and 4 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Ghana
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Wednesday | Constitution Day | |
| Friday | Public Holiday | |
| Friday | Independence Day | |
| Friday | Eid-ul-Fitr | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Shaqq Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labour Day | |
| Wednesday | Eid-ul-Adha | |
| Wednesday | Republic Day | |
| Friday | Public Holiday | |
| Monday | Founder's Day | |
| FridayNext | Farmers' Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Boxing Day |
2027 public holidays in Ghana
14 holidays on 14 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Constitution Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Independence Day | |
| Tuesday | Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated) | |
| Wednesday | Shaqq Day (estimated) | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Labour Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) | |
| Thursday | Republic Day | |
| Tuesday | Founder's Day | |
| Friday | Farmers' Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Boxing Day |
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