Jour de l'Indépendance in Côte d’Ivoire
Jour de l'Indépendance falls on Friday 7 August 2026 in Côte d’Ivoire. 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.
| Year | Date | Weekday | What that means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 August | Thursday | one bridge day makes it four days |
| 2026 | 7 August | Friday | long weekend |
| 2027 | 7 August | Saturday | on the weekend — no day off gained |
| 2028 | 7 August | Monday | long weekend |
4 of 4
- 07 08 Jour de l'Indépendance Thursday
- 07 08 Jour de l'Indépendance Friday
- 07 08 Jour de l'Indépendance Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 07 08 Jour de l'Indépendance Monday
A fixed date walking through the week
Because Jour de l'Indépendance 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 Jour de l'Indépendance in Côte d’Ivoire in 2026?
Friday, 7 August 2026.
Is Jour de l'Indépendance on the same date every year?
Yes — 7 August every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.
Which years does Jour de l'Indépendance make a long weekend?
2026 (Friday), 2028 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2025 one bridge day buys four days off.