Holidays Rwanda 2026/2027

Here you can see the current public holidays, festive days and events of Rwanda. The red horizontal line visualizes the current date. Select the public holidays for another year or another country in the upper right corner. Please also note the legend below.

January
New Year's Day all	Th 01/01/2026 73 days ago	all	73 days ago
Day after New Year’s Day all	Fr 01/02/2026 72 days ago	all	72 days ago
February
National Heroes' Day all	Su 02/01/2026 42 days ago	all	42 days ago

March
Eid al-Fitr all	Fr 03/20/2026 in 5 days LWE	all	in 5 days	LWE
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/03/2026 in 19 days LWE	all	in 19 days	LWE
Easter Monday all	Mo 04/06/2026 in 22 days LWE	all	in 22 days	LWE
Genocide Memorial Day all	Tu 04/07/2026 in 23 days LWE	all	in 23 days	LWE
May
Labor Day all	Fr 05/01/2026 in 47 days LWE	all	in 47 days	LWE
Festival of Sacrifice all	We 05/27/2026 in 73 days	all	in 73 days
July
Independence Day all	We 07/01/2026 in 108 days	all	in 108 days
Liberation Day all	Sa 07/04/2026 in 111 days	all	in 111 days
August
Umuganura Day all	Fr 08/07/2026 in 145 days LWE	all	in 145 days	LWE
Assumption Day all	Sa 08/15/2026 in 153 days	all	in 153 days
December
Christmas Day all	Fr 12/25/2026 in 285 days LWE	all	in 285 days	LWE
Boxing Day all	Sa 12/26/2026 in 286 days	all	in 286 days
January
New Year's Day all	Fr 01/01/2027 in 292 days LWE	all	in 292 days	LWE
Day after New Year’s Day all	Sa 01/02/2027 in 293 days	all	in 293 days
February
National Heroes' Day all	Mo 02/01/2027 in 323 days LWE	all	in 323 days	LWE
March
Eid al-Fitr all	We 03/10/2027 in 360 days	all	in 360 days
Good Friday all	Fr 03/26/2027 in 376 days LWE	all	in 376 days	LWE
Easter Monday all	Mo 03/29/2027 in 379 days LWE	all	in 379 days	LWE
April
Genocide Memorial Day all	We 04/07/2027 in 388 days	all	in 388 days

Abbreviations

LWE: possible long weekend
BD: possible bridge day