Next public holiday in DR Congo
Counted from 19 October 2026, the next public holiday in DR Congo is Christmas Day on , in 67 days. This page counts down live in your browser; the numbers below were last recalculated when the site was built, on 19 October 2026, and the site is rebuilt at least every week.
67days until the next holiday
1holiday dates left in 2026
1of them on weekdays
53working days left in 2026
The legal rest day is Sunday; Saturday and Sunday are used as the weekend on this site because the five day office week is the norm.
Upcoming public holidays in DR Congo
Every public holiday from today to the end of 2027. Past dates disappear as the year goes by; the full lists stay on the year pages.
| Date | Day | Holiday | In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Christmas Day | 67 days | |
| Friday | New Year's Day | 74 days | |
| Monday | Martyrs' Day | 77 days | |
| Saturday weekend | National Hero Laurent Désiré Kabila Day | 89 days | |
| Saturday weekend | National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day observed | 89 days | |
| Sunday weekend | National Hero Patrice Emery Lumumba Day | 90 days | |
| Tuesday | Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness | 169 days | |
| Saturday weekend | Labor Day | 194 days | |
| Monday | Revolution and Armed Forces Day | 210 days | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | 254 days | |
| Saturday weekend | Parents' Day observed | 285 days | |
| Sunday weekend | Parents' Day | 286 days | |
| Monday | Congolese Genocide Memorial Day | 287 days | |
| Saturday weekend | Christmas Day | 432 days |
A holiday on a weekend day is a day off only where a substitute day is granted (marked observed). Dates marked estimated follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
Subscribe to the calendar, all years (.ics)
JSON
All holidays of 2026
All holidays of 2027
Working days calculator for DR Congo
Next long weekend in DR Congo
- 3 daysFri 25 to Sun 27 December 2026Christmas Day
Next bridge day: take one day of leave and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Monday 5 April 2027 for Sat 3 to Tue 6 April 2027Day of the Struggle of Simon Kimbangu and African Consciousness
Questions about the next holiday in DR Congo
- When is the next public holiday in DR Congo?
- Christmas Day, on Friday 25 December 2026, 67 days after 19 October 2026. The banner at the top of this page recounts from today's date.
- How many public holidays are left in 2026?
- 1 holiday date from 19 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, 1 of them on a weekday.
- How many working days are left in 2026 in DR Congo?
- 53 working days from 19 October 2026 to the end of the year, out of 74 calendar days, counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend. For any other range, use the working days calculator.
- Is there a bank holiday or public holiday this month?
- The table above lists every upcoming date with the days until each one. For the whole year at a glance, see public holidays in DR Congo 2026.
- Can I get this in my calendar?
- Yes: subscribe to
https://openworkdays.com/api/v1/cd.icsin Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar. It holds every year from 2024 to 2030 and refreshes by itself.
Cite or reuse this data
The next public holiday in DR Congo after 19 October 2026 is Christmas Day on 25 December 2026.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/dr-congo/next-public-holiday/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).
Machine readable: JSON, with the reference date, all years as JSON.