Angola public holidays 2026
Angola has 14 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 249 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Dia de Ano Novo |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day (Ponte)
Dia de Ano Novo (Ponte) |
Nationwide |
| 4 Feb | Wednesday | Liberation Day
Dia da Libertação |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Dia Internacional da Mulher |
Nationwide |
| 23 Mar | Monday | Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa
Dia da Libertação da África Austral |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Sexta Feira Santa |
Nationwide |
| 4 Apr | Saturday rest day | Peace Day
Dia da Paz |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Dia do Trabalhador |
Nationwide |
| 17 Sep | Thursday | National Heroes' Day
Dia do Fundador da Nação e do Herói Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 18 Sep | Friday | National Heroes' Day (Ponte)
Dia do Fundador da Nação e do Herói Nacional (Ponte) |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | All Souls' Day
Dia de Finados |
Nationwide |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Independence Day
Dia da Independência |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Dia de Natal |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 2 holidays
March 2 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 1 holiday
June
July
August
September 2 holidays
October
November 2 holidays
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
What the numbers say about Angola in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Angola. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
2 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Peace Day (4 Apr). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and February the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 59 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 14, Angola sits above the middle of the range, around the 74th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 8 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 1 January to 4 January (New Year's Day, New Year's Day (Ponte)). See every long weekend in 2026.