Greenland public holidays 2027
Greenland has 16 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
Ukiortaaq |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany
Kunngit pingasut ulluat |
Nationwide |
| 25 Mar | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Sisamanngortoq illernartoq |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday
Tallimanngorneq tannaartoq |
Nationwide |
| 28 Mar | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Poorskip ullua |
Nationwide |
| 29 Mar | Monday | Easter Monday
Poorskip-aappaa |
Nationwide |
| 23 Apr | Friday | General Prayer Day
Tussiarfik |
Nationwide |
| 6 May | Thursday | Ascension Day
Qilaliarfik |
Nationwide |
| 7 May | Friday | Bank closing day
Atuanngiffik |
Nationwide |
| 16 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Piinsi |
Nationwide |
| 17 May | Monday | Whit Monday
Piinsip-aappaa |
Nationwide |
| 21 Jun | Monday | Ullortuneq | Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve
Juulliaraq |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Juullip ullua |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Sunday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Juullip-aappaa |
Nationwide |
| 31 Dec | Friday | New Year's Eve
Ukiutoqaq |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 4 holidays
April 1 holiday
May 4 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August
September
October
November
December 4 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 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| 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 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
What the numbers say about Greenland in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Greenland. 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 (28 Mar), Pentecost (16 May), 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 May the shortest with 18. 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 59 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 249working days, so 2027comes out exactly the same length.
Among the 204 countries we track for 2027, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 16, Greenland sits above the middle of the range, around the 87th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 7 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 25 March to 29 March (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday). See every long weekend in 2027.
9 holidays change date compared with 2026: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, General Prayer Day, Ascension Day and more. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.