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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso public holidays 2026

Burkina Faso has 23 public holidays in 2026, plus 5 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Christmas Day on December 25.

15 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Burkina Faso in 2026

DateHolidayType
January 1ThursdayNew Year's DayPublic holiday
January 1ThursdayNew YearPublic holiday
January 3SaturdayRevolution DayPublic holiday
January 3SaturdayBurkina Faso Popular Uprising DayPublic holiday
February 18WednesdayRamadan StartObservance
March 8SundayInternational Women’s DayPublic holiday
March 9MondayDay off for International Women's DayPublic holiday
March 20FridayEid al-FitrPublic holiday
March 20FridayMarch EquinoxObservance
March 21SaturdayEid al-Fitr HolidayPublic holiday
April 6MondayEaster MondayPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabour DayPublic holiday
May 14ThursdayAscension DayPublic holiday
May 15FridayDay of Customs and TraditionsPublic holiday
May 27WednesdayEid al-AdhaPublic holiday
June 21SundayJune SolsticeObservance
August 5WednesdayIndependence DayPublic holiday
August 5WednesdayNational DayPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption DayPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption of MaryPublic holiday
August 26WednesdayThe Prophet's BirthdayPublic holiday
September 23WednesdaySeptember EquinoxObservance
October 31SaturdayMartyrs' DayPublic holiday
November 1SundayAll Saints' DayPublic holiday
November 2MondayDay off for All Saints' DayPublic holiday
December 11FridayProclamation of Independence DayPublic holiday
December 21MondayDecember SolsticeObservance
December 25FridayChristmas DayPublic holiday