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Fête du travail in Burkina Faso

Fête du travail falls on Saturday 1 May 2027 in Burkina Faso. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2027 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Fête du travail in Burkina Faso, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 1 May Thursday one bridge day makes it four days
2026 1 May Friday long weekend
2027 1 May Saturday on the weekend — no day off gained
2028 1 May Monday long weekend

4 of 4

  • 01 05 Fête du travail Thursday
  • 01 05 Fête du travail Friday
  • 01 05 Fête du travail Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 01 05 Fête du travail Monday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Fête du travail keeps the same date, the weekday advances one step most years and two after a leap year. That walk is the whole story of how good a holiday year feels: the same day off is a long weekend one year and a lost Saturday another, and the difference is nothing but arithmetic.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar.

FAQ

When is Fête du travail in Burkina Faso in 2027?

Saturday, 1 May 2027.

Is Fête du travail on the same date every year?

Yes — 1 May every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Fête du travail make a long weekend?

2026 (Friday), 2028 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2025 one bridge day buys four days off.

All holidays in Burkina Faso: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028