Cyprus public holidays 2027
Cyprus has 17 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 249 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Πρωτοχρονιά |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany
Θεοφάνεια |
Nationwide |
| 15 Mar | Monday | Green Monday
Καθαρή Δευτέρα |
Nationwide |
| 25 Mar | Thursday | Greek Independence Day
Επέτειος Ελληνικής Ανεξαρτησίας |
Nationwide |
| 1 Apr | Thursday | Cyprus National Day
Κυπριακή Εθνική Επέτειος |
Nationwide |
| 30 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Μεγάλη Παρασκευή |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | Labour Day
Πρωτομαγιά |
Nationwide |
| 3 May | Monday | Easter Monday
Δευτέρα της Διακαινησίμου |
Nationwide |
| 4 May | Tuesday | Easter Tuesday
Τρίτη της Διακαινησίμου |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jun | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Αγίου Πνεύματος |
Nationwide |
| 21 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday
Δευτέρα Πεντηκοστής |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Sunday rest day | Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Η Κοίμησις της Θεοτόκου |
Nationwide |
| 1 Oct | Friday | Cyprus Independence Day
Επέτειος Κυπριακής Ανεξαρτησίας |
Nationwide |
| 28 Oct | Thursday | Ohi Day
Το Όχι |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve
Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Χριστούγεννα |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Sunday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Δεύτερη μέρα των Χριστουγέννων |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 3 holidays
June 2 holidays
July
August 1 holiday
September
October 2 holidays
November
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
What the numbers say about Cyprus in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Cyprus. 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.
5 holidays land on a rest day this year: Labour Day (1 May), Pentecost (20 Jun), Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15 Aug), Christmas Day (25 Dec), St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). 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 22 days, and October the shortest with 19. A gap of 3 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 60 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 247working days, so 2027gives you 2 more working days.Plans copied over from last year without adjusting for that difference will be slightly off from January onwards.
Among the 204 countries we track for 2027, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 17, Cyprus sits above the middle of the range, around the 91st percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 6 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 30 April to 4 May (Good Friday, Labour Day, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday). 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 2027.
6 holidays change date compared with 2026: Green Monday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday, Pentecost, Whit Monday. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.