Public holidays in Zambia, 2027
Zambia has 15 public holidays in 2027. 12 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend — which is the number that decides how many days off you actually get.
15 of 15 holidays
- 01 01 New Year's Day Friday
- 09 03 Women’s Day Tuesday
- 12 03 Youth Day Friday
- 26 03 Good Friday Friday
- 29 03 Easter Monday Monday
- 28 04 Kenneth Kaunda Day Wednesday
- 01 05 Labour Day Saturday · falls on a weekend
- 25 05 African Freedom Day Tuesday
- 05 07 Heroes' Day Monday
- 06 07 Unity Day Tuesday
- 02 08 Farmers' Day Monday
- 18 10 National Day of Prayers Monday
- 24 10 Independence Day Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 25 10 Independence Day (substitute day) Monday
- 25 12 Christmas Day Saturday · falls on a weekend
2027 at a glance
Every day of the year. Filled squares are public holidays; the pale ones are weekends. A holiday touching a weekend is a long one.
Holidays you have, and days off you get
These are the two different questions this page answers. A country can have a long list of public holidays and still give you fewer days away from work than a neighbour with a shorter list, purely because of which weekday they fall on. Only some countries substitute a weekday when a holiday lands on a weekend; where they do not, the holiday simply passes.
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, including statutory substitute days; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar. Regenerate on every date-holidays upgrade: the 25 July build silently lacked Korea's substitute days because the installed package predated them. Known upstream gap: El Salvador — the source lists 8 public days where Nager.Date confirms ~20, and files New Year's Day as an observance; we publish what the source holds rather than invent, and the weekly Nager run tracks the gap.
FAQ
How many public holidays does Zambia have in 2027?
15, of which 12 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend.
Why does it matter which fall on a weekend?
Because a holiday on a Saturday is a holiday you do not get. 3 of Zambia's land on one, and most countries do not move them.