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🇷🇼 Rwanda public holidays 2026

Rwanda has 25 public holidays in 2026, plus 4 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Boxing Day Observed on December 28.

19 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 Rwanda in 2026

DateHolidayType
January 1ThursdayNew Year's DayPublic holiday
January 1ThursdayNew YearPublic holiday
January 2FridayNew Year's DayPublic holiday
January 2FridayDay After New Year's DayPublic holiday
February 1SundayNational Heroes' DayPublic holiday
February 2MondayNational Heroes' Day ObservedPublic holiday
March 20FridayEid al-FitrPublic holiday
March 20FridayMarch EquinoxObservance
April 3FridayGood FridayPublic holiday
April 6MondayEaster MondayPublic holiday
April 7TuesdayTutsi Genocide Memorial DayPublic holiday
April 7TuesdayGenocide Against the Tutsi Memorial DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabour DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabor DayPublic holiday
May 27WednesdayEid al-AdhaPublic holiday
June 21SundayJune SolsticeObservance
July 1WednesdayIndependence DayPublic holiday
July 4SaturdayLiberation DayPublic holiday
July 6MondayLiberation Day ObservedPublic holiday
August 7FridayUmuganura DayPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption DayPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption of MaryPublic holiday
August 17MondayAssumption of Mary ObservedPublic holiday
September 23WednesdaySeptember EquinoxObservance
December 21MondayDecember SolsticeObservance
December 25FridayChristmas DayPublic holiday
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's DayBoxing DayPublic holiday
December 26SaturdayBoxing DayPublic holiday
December 28MondayBoxing Day ObservedPublic holiday