Cape Verde public holidays 2026
Cape Verde has 9 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 255 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Ano Novo |
Nationwide |
| 13 Jan | Tuesday | Democracy Day
Dia da Democracia |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jan | Tuesday | Heroes' Day
Dia da Heróis Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Dia do Trabalhador |
Nationwide |
| 1 Jun | Monday | Youth Day
Dia Mundial da Criança |
Nationwide |
| 5 Jul | Sunday rest day | Independence Day
Dia da Independência Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption Day
Dia da Assunção |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints' Day
Dia de Todos os Santos |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Natal |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February
March
April
May 1 holiday
June 1 holiday
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October
November 1 holiday
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 | 2,040 |
What the numbers say about Cape Verde in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Cape Verde. 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.
3 holidays land on a rest day this year: Independence Day (5 Jul), Assumption Day (15 Aug), All Saints' Day (1 Nov). 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 January the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 61 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 9, Cape Verde sits below the middle of the range, around the 17th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 3 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 1 May to 3 May (Labour Day). There are also 3 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.