French Polynesia public holidays 2026
French Polynesia has 16 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
Jour de l'An |
Nationwide |
| 5 Mar | Thursday | Missionary Day
Arrivée de l'Evangile |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Vendredi Saint |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Pâques |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Lundi de Pâques |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Fête du Travail |
Nationwide |
| 8 May | Friday | Victory Day
Fête de la Victoire |
Nationwide |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day
Ascension |
Nationwide |
| 24 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Pentecôte |
Nationwide |
| 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday
Lundi de Pentecôte |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jul | Tuesday | National Day | Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption Day
Assomption |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints' Day
Toussaint |
Nationwide |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Armistice Day
Armistice |
Nationwide |
| 20 Nov | Friday | Matari'i | Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Noël |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February
March 1 holiday
April 3 holidays
May 5 holidays
June
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October
November 3 holidays
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 136 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| 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 French Polynesia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in French Polynesia. 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.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Pentecost (24 May), 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.
June is the longest working month with 22 days, and May the shortest with 17. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 59 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 16, French Polynesia sits above the middle of the range, around the 87th 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 4 days, from 3 April to 6 April (Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday). There are also 4 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.