North Macedonia public holidays 2027
North Macedonia has 12 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 252 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Нова Година, Nova Godina |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jan | Thursday | Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Прв ден Божик, Prv den Božik |
Nationwide |
| 30 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Велики Петок, Veliki Petok |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | Labour Day
Ден на трудот, Den na trudot |
Nationwide |
| 2 May | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Прв ден Велигден, Prv den Veligden |
Nationwide |
| 3 May | Monday | Easter Monday
Втор ден Велигден, Vtor den Veligden |
Nationwide |
| 24 May | Monday | Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
Св. Кирил и Методиј, Ден на сèсловенските просветители |
Nationwide |
| 2 Aug | Monday | Day of the Republic
Ден на Републиката, Den na Republikata |
Nationwide |
| 8 Sep | Wednesday | Independence Day
Ден на независноста, Den na nezavisnosta |
Nationwide |
| 11 Oct | Monday | Revolution Day
Ден на востанието, Den na vostanieto |
Nationwide |
| 23 Oct | Saturday rest day | Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle
Ден на македонската револуционерна борба,Den na makedonskata revolucionarna borba |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Wednesday | Saint Clement of Ohrid Day
Св. Климент Охридски, Sv. Kliment Ohridski |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March
April 1 holiday
May 4 holidays
June
July
August 1 holiday
September 1 holiday
October 2 holidays
November
December 1 holiday
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 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
What the numbers say about North Macedonia in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in North Macedonia. 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: Labour Day (1 May), Easter Sunday (2 May), Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (23 Oct). 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.
March is the longest working month with 23 days, and May 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 62 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 253working days, so 2027gives you 1 fewer working day.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 12, North Macedonia sits right in the middle of the range, around the 53rd 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 4 days, from 30 April to 3 May (Good Friday, Labour Day, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday). There is also one bridge day: 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.
3 holidays change date compared with 2026: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.