Malta public holidays 2027
Malta has 14 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 250 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
L-Ewwel tas-Sena |
Nationwide |
| 10 Feb | Wednesday | Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck
In-Nawfraġju ta’ San Pawl |
Nationwide |
| 19 Mar | Friday | Feast of St. Joseph
San Ġużepp |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday
Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira |
Nationwide |
| 31 Mar | Wednesday | Freedom Day
Jum il-Ħelsien |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | Worker's Day
Jum il-Ħaddiem |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jun | Monday | Sette Giugno | Nationwide |
| 29 Jun | Tuesday | Feast of St.Peter and St.Paul
L-Imnarja |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Sunday rest day | Assumption Day
Santa Marija |
Nationwide |
| 8 Sep | Wednesday | Feast of Our Lady of Victories
Il-Vittorja |
Nationwide |
| 21 Sep | Tuesday | Independence Day
L-Indipendenza |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Wednesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception
L-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni |
Nationwide |
| 13 Dec | Monday | Republic Day
Jum ir-Repubblika |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Il-Milied |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 1 holiday
March 3 holidays
April
May 1 holiday
June 2 holidays
July
August 1 holiday
September 2 holidays
October
November
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Malta in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Malta. 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: Worker's Day (1 May), Assumption Day (15 Aug), Christmas Day (25 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.
April is the longest working month with 22 days, and February 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 59 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 250working 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 14, Malta sits above the middle of the range, around the 75th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 1 January to 3 January (New Year's Day). There are also 2 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.
1 holiday changes date compared with 2026: Good Friday. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.