Public and school holiday dates

The statutory public holidays for 2020 are as follows:

*The May Day holiday which was due to fall on 4^th May has been moved to 8^th May to commemorate the 75^th Anniversary of VE Day

**Liberation Day in 2020 falls on a Saturday

The statutory public holidays for 2021 are as follows:

***Liberation Day in 2021 falls on a Sunday

The statutory public holidays for 2020 and 2021 can also be found in the downloads section of this page.

School term dates can be accessed here.

All public holidays are prescribed by the Public Holidays Ordinance, 2009 as follows:

•  New Year's Day, if a weekday
•  the 2nd January, in a year when New Year's Day falls on a Sunday
•  the 3rd January, in a year where New Year's Day falls on a Saturday
•  Easter Monday
•  the first Monday in May
•  the 9th May, Liberation Day
•  the last Monday in May
•  the last Monday in August
•  the 26th December, Boxing Day, if a weekday
•  the 27th December, in a year when Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Sunday
•  the 28th December, in a year where Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday

"Weekday" does not include a Saturday.

Christmas Day and Good Friday (and all Sundays) are customary law holidays.

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