Singapore Public Holidays 2026, 2027 & 2028
Every Singapore public holiday for 2026, 2027 and 2028 in one place — confirmed against MOM’s gazette. Check long weekends and holiday-in-lieu rules, print the PDF or add every date to your phone in one tap.
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Official Singapore Public Holiday Dates
Each year links to a full page with the official table, holidays in lieu, pay rules and leave-planning tips.
Singapore Public Holidays in 2026
- Deepavali Sun 8 Nov → Mon 9 Nov off in lieu
- Christmas Day Fri 25 Dec long weekend
- Mondays in lieu: 1 Jun, 10 Aug, 9 Nov
Singapore Public Holidays in 2027
- Chinese New Year Sat 6 & Sun 7 Feb → Mon 8 Feb off
- Good Friday 26 Mar and National Day 9 Aug long weekends
- Labour Day and Christmas Day fall on a Saturday
Singapore Public Holidays in 2028
- Fixed: New Year’s Day 1 Jan, Labour Day 1 May, National Day 9 Aug, Christmas 25 Dec
- Islamic and lunar dates are estimates until gazetted
- Updated the day MOM publishes the gazette
Singapore has 11 gazetted public holidays each year. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) publishes the official dates and identifies additional public holidays when certain holidays fall on a Sunday.
Holidays left in 2026. Only two public holidays are left in 2026. Deepavali arrives this Sunday, 8 November, and because it falls on a Sunday, Monday 9 November is the holiday in lieu. That gives a three-day weekend from Saturday 7 to Monday 9 November, the last chance to see the Deepavali light-up in Little India before it ends. Two weeks later, the year-end school holidays start on Saturday 21 November, which is when flights and Causeway traffic pick up. Christmas Day (Friday 25 December 2026) and New Year’s Day (Friday 1 January 2027) then give back-to-back long weekends, the usual window for a quick JB or Batam trip, so expect jams at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints. Once these pass, the 2027 calendar below is the one to plan your AL against.
Use this calendar to check upcoming holiday dates, observed holidays and year-by-year schedules. The 2026 and 2027 calendars are based on official MOM announcements, while the 2028 dates remain provisional until the government publishes the final schedule.
The public holiday dates listed below are based on the official announcements by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
Updated 2 November 2026: Deepavali is this coming Sunday (8 November), with Monday 9 November as the holiday in lieu. Year-end school holidays start in under three weeks (21 November), and the 2027 table has been re-checked against MOM’s gazetted list.
Planning leave around Chinese New Year (CNY) or Hari Raya? Our guide to long weekends and leave planning shows how a few well-placed days off stretch into a full week, and the Singapore long weekends 2028 guide maps the projected breaks a year further out. If a holiday falls on your non-working Saturday, see how the off-in-lieu and pay rules work. Planning around term dates too — check the Polytechnic and ITE school holiday calendars, or jump to the Vesak Day and Qurban guides for observance dates.
Singaporeans usually just call these PH, and in Malay the same list is the cuti umum. Whatever you call them, the rule is identical: eleven gazetted days a year, with an off in lieu on the Monday whenever one of them falls on a Sunday.
These holidays cover the national, cultural and religious occasions of Singapore’s main communities — Chinese, Malay, Indian and Christian — which is why the list mixes Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali, Vesak Day and Christmas with secular days like National Day and Labour Day. They are set under the Holidays Act, while the Ministry of Manpower publishes the dates and the employment rules that apply on each PH.
How we verify every date
No guesswork — the same process for every holiday, every year.
Why the number of public holidays can change
Singapore usually has 11 public holidays each year, but the number can occasionally change because Islamic festivals follow a lunar calendar. Since the Islamic calendar is shorter than the Gregorian calendar, Hari Raya Puasa or Hari Raya Haji can sometimes fall twice within the same calendar year, creating an extra public holiday.
Public Holiday Rights for Employees in Singapore
If you work on a public holiday in Singapore, the Employment Act entitles you to an extra day’s salary at your basic rate of pay on top of your normal pay for that day. Your employer can instead give you a replacement day off — commonly called off-in-lieu or OIL — if you both agree. Employers and employees may also agree to swap a public holiday for another working day. If the holiday falls on your non-working Saturday, you get either another day off or an extra day’s salary instead. The Ministry of Manpower publishes the full rules.
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Planning further ahead? Our Polytechnic and ITE school holiday guides cover term dates through 2027, while the Vesak Day and Qurban guides walk through observance dates and preparations. For the festive season, see the full Deepavali guide for Little India happenings, or the Christmas Day breakdown covering 2026 through 2028.
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2027 Long Weekends and Leave Planning
2027 gives Singapore five long weekends without using any annual leave, plus a few midweek holidays that stretch nicely with one to three days of leave. For the full leave plan with bridge days, see our Singapore long weekends 2027 guide. Here is the full list, in date order:
- Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan: New Year’s Day long weekend (no leave needed)
- Sat 6 – Mon 8 Feb: Chinese New Year, with Monday 8 Feb as the holiday in lieu (no leave needed)
- Wed 10 – Sun 14 Mar: Hari Raya Puasa — take Thu 11 and Fri 12 for a five-day break
- Fri 26 – Sun 28 Mar: Good Friday long weekend (no leave needed)
- Sat 15 – Sun 23 May: Hari Raya Haji (Mon 17) and Vesak Day (Thu 20) — take Tue 18, Wed 19 and Fri 21 for nine days off on three days of leave
- Sat 7 – Mon 9 Aug: National Day long weekend (no leave needed)
- Thu 28 – Sun 31 Oct: Deepavali — take Fri 29 for a four-day weekend
Three 2027 holidays fall on a Saturday — Chinese New Year (6 February), Labour Day (1 May) and Christmas Day (25 December). Singapore only gazettes a holiday in lieu when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, so there is no extra Monday off for these. Under the Employment Act, employees whose rest day is Saturday get an extra day off or a day’s salary instead.
Quick Answers to the Questions People Ask Most
When is the next public holiday in Singapore?
The next public holiday is Deepavali, this Sunday 8 November 2026. Monday 9 November is observed as the holiday in lieu. The Monday counts as a full public holiday, so if you are rostered to work that day you are owed an extra day’s pay or a replacement day off. After that come Christmas Day (Friday 25 December 2026) and New Year’s Day (Friday 1 January 2027). The first holiday of the new year after that is Chinese New Year on 6–7 February 2027.
What are the December holidays in Singapore?
December has exactly one gazetted public holiday: Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026. Boxing Day on 26 December and New Year’s Eve on 31 December are ordinary working days here, unlike in the UK or Australia. What makes December feel like a long holiday is the school calendar rather than the public one — the year-end school break runs from 21 November right through to 31 December, so children are off for six weeks while their parents work.
When is Hari Raya Haji 2027 in Singapore?
Hari Raya Haji 2027 falls on Monday 17 May, giving a natural three-day weekend from 15 to 17 May. It marks the end of the Haj pilgrimage and is when korban (Qurban) is performed at mosques across Singapore. Because Vesak Day follows on Thursday 20 May, three days of AL on 18, 19 and 21 May stretch the week into nine days off. (In 2026, Hari Raya Haji was on Wednesday 27 May.)
When is Chinese New Year 2027 in Singapore?
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February. Because the second day lands on a Sunday, Monday 8 February 2027 is gazetted as a holiday in lieu, so everyone gets a three-day weekend from 6 to 8 February without taking leave. (For reference, Chinese New Year 2026 was on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 February.)
Are they called bank holidays in Singapore?
No — the official term here is public holiday, or more precisely a gazetted public holiday under the Holidays Act. “Bank holiday” is British and Indian usage, and people who move here from those countries often search for it out of habit. Banks in Singapore close on the eleven gazetted public holidays, so the practical effect is the same, but you will not find the phrase on any MOM document.
How many public holidays does Singapore have in 2027?
Eleven. That number is set by the Holidays Act and has been stable for decades — what MOM announces each year are the dates, since five of the eleven follow lunar and Islamic calendars. The 2027 table above shows twelve rows because only one holiday, the second day of CNY on Sunday 7 February, needs a Monday off-in-lieu. In 2026 the table had fourteen rows because three holidays fell on a Sunday.
Need the dates on paper? The printable 2026 calendar puts all eleven in one table you can save as a PDF in two clicks. Parents planning around term breaks can also check the 2027 MOE school term dates, which are already published.
Last updated 2 November 2026.