Public holidays in Haiti 2026
Haiti has 16 public holidays in 2026. 11 fall on a weekday and 5 on the weekend, which leaves 250 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
16public holidays
11weekday days off
250working days in 2026
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | National Independence Day | |
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Friday | Ancestry Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Carnival | |
| Monday | Shrove Monday | |
| Tuesday | Fat Tuesday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Friday | Agriculture and Labor Day | |
| Monday | Flag Day and University Day | |
| Thursday | Corpus Christi | |
| Saturday weekend | Assumption Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Death of Dessalines | |
| Sunday weekend | All Saints' Day | |
| Monday | Day of the Dead | |
| Wednesday | Armed Forces Day | |
| Wednesday | Commemoration of the Battle of Vertieres | |
| Friday | Christmas Day |
Working days per month in 2026
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Saturday and Sunday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| May 2026 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2026 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| October 2026 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| November 2026 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| December 2026 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| Total 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 4 daysThu 1 to Sun 4 January 2026National Independence Day, New Year's Day, Ancestry Day
- 4 daysSat 14 to Tue 17 February 2026Carnival, Shrove Monday, Fat Tuesday
- 3 daysFri 3 to Sun 5 April 2026Good Friday, Easter Sunday
- 3 daysFri 1 to Sun 3 May 2026Agriculture and Labor Day
- 3 daysSat 16 to Mon 18 May 2026Flag Day and University Day
- 3 daysSat 31 October to Mon 2 November 2026All Saints' Day, Day of the Dead
- 3 daysFri 25 to Sun 27 December 2026Christmas Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 5 June 2026 for Thu 4 to Sun 7 June 2026Corpus Christi
Questions about 2026 in Haiti
- How many working days are there in Haiti in 2026?
- 250 working days. 2026 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 11 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Haiti have in 2026?
- 16 public holidays. 5 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2026 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Carnival (15 February 2026), Easter Sunday (5 April 2026), Assumption Day (15 August 2026), Death of Dessalines (17 October 2026), All Saints' Day (1 November 2026).
- What counts as the weekend in Haiti?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2027?
- See public holidays in Haiti 2027 or go back to 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Haiti has 16 public holidays and 250 working days in 2026.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/haiti/2026/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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