The statutory public holidays for 2021 are as follows:
| Friday 1st January | New Year's Day |
| Friday 2nd April | Good Friday |
| Monday 5th April | Easter Monday |
| Monday 3rd May | May Day bank holiday |
| Sunday 9th May | Liberation Day*** |
| Monday 31st May | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday 30th August | Summer bank holiday |
| Monday 27th December | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
| Tuesday 28th December | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
***Liberation Day in 2021 falls on a Sunday
The statutory public holidays for 2022 are as follows:
| Monday 3rd January | New Year's Day |
| Friday 15th April | Good Friday |
| Monday 18th April | Easter Monday |
| Monday 2nd May | May Day bank holiday |
| Monday 9th May | Liberation Day |
| Monday 30th May | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday 29th August | Summer bank holiday |
| Monday 26th December | Boxing Day |
| Tuesday 27th December | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
A Policy Letter is currently being drafted regarding bank holidays for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and will be submitted to the States of Deliberation in due course. This page will be amended following the outcome of that debate.
The statutory public holidays for 2021 and 2022 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.
