Public Holidays in Ghana 2027

Complete list of 19 public holidays and observances in Ghana for 2027. Dates, days, and holiday types.

End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)March 20, 2026

Today

18 Public Holidays

248 Working Days

117 Days Off

7 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 1	Friday	New Year's Day	Public
Jan 7	Thursday	Constitution Day	Public
Mar 6	Saturday	Independence Day	Public
Mar 8	Monday	Independence Day (substitute day)	Public
Mar 9	Tuesday	End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)	Public
Mar 26	Friday	Good Friday	Public
Mar 28	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Observance
Mar 29	Monday	Easter Monday	Public
May 1	Saturday	Labour Day	Public
May 3	Monday	Labour Day (substitute day)	Public
May 16	Sunday	Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)	Public
May 17	Monday	Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (substitute day)	Public
Aug 4	Wednesday	Founders Day	Public
Sep 21	Tuesday	Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day	Public
Dec 3	Friday	Farmers Day	Public
Dec 25	Saturday	Christmas Day	Public
Dec 26	Sunday	Boxing Day	Public
Dec 27	Monday	Christmas Day (substitute day)	Public
Dec 28	Tuesday	Boxing Day (substitute day)	Public

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Long Weekends in 2027

Ghana has 7 long weekends in 2027 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

March 6, 2027 — March 9, 2027 4 days

Independence Day, Independence Day (substitute day), End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

March 26, 2027 — March 29, 2027 4 days

Good Friday, Easter Monday

December 25, 2027 — December 28, 2027 4 days

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Day (substitute day), Boxing Day (substitute day)

January 1, 2027 — January 3, 2027 3 days

New Year's Day

May 1, 2027 — May 3, 2027 3 days

Labour Day, Labour Day (substitute day)

May 15, 2027 — May 17, 2027 3 days

Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (substitute day)

December 3, 2027 — December 5, 2027 3 days

Farmers Day

Holidays by Month

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Mar

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Holiday Breakdown

13 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

5 On Weekends

Already non-working days

1 Observances

Recognized but not days off

Calendar

January

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

February

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28

March

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

April

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

May

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

June

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

July

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

August

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

September

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

October

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

November

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

December

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

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