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Public holidays in Uganda

In 2026, Uganda has 16 public holidays, 14 weekday days off, and 247 working days. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Every year from 2024 to 2030 is available below, each with its own calendar file and JSON, or as one calendar feed to subscribe to once.

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16public holidays in 2026
247working days in 2026
8long weekends in 2026
2bridge days in 2026

Public holidays in Uganda 2026

DateDayHoliday
Thursday New Year's Day
Thursday General Elections
Friday General Elections
Monday NRM Liberation Day
Monday Archbishop Janani Luwum Day
Sunday weekend Women's Day
Friday Eid al-Fitr estimated
Friday Good Friday
Monday Easter Monday
Friday Labour Day
Wednesday Eid al-Adha estimated
Wednesday Uganda Martyrs' Day
Tuesday National Heroes' Day
Friday Independence Day
Friday Christmas Day
Saturday weekend Boxing Day

Full 2026 page: working days per month, long weekends and bridge days

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Working days per year in Uganda

YearPublic holidaysWeekday days offWorking days
20241412250ICS · JSON · CSV
20251410251ICS · JSON · CSV
20261614247ICS · JSON · CSV
2027149252ICS · JSON · CSV
20281411249ICS · JSON · CSV
20291412249ICS · JSON · CSV
20301410251ICS · JSON · CSV

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Uganda has 16 public holidays and 247 working days in 2026. Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/uganda/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).

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