Tanzania public holidays 2027
Tanzania has 13 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
Mwaka mpya |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jan | Tuesday | Zanzibar Revolution Day
Sikukuu ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday
Ijumaa Kuu |
Nationwide |
| 29 Mar | Monday | Easter Monday
Jumatatu ya Pasaka |
Nationwide |
| 7 Apr | Wednesday | Karume Day
Siku ya Karume |
Nationwide |
| 26 Apr | Monday | Union Day
Sikukuu ya Muungano |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | International Workers' Day
Sikukuu ya Wafanyakazi |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jul | Wednesday | Saba Saba Day
Saba Saba |
Nationwide |
| 8 Aug | Sunday rest day | Nane Nane Day
Nane Nane |
Nationwide |
| 14 Oct | Thursday | Nyerere Day
Siku ya Nyerere |
Nationwide |
| 9 Dec | Thursday | Independence Day
Siku ya Uhuru |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Krismasi |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Sunday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Siku ya kufungua Zawadi |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 1 holiday
June
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
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 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| 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 Tanzania in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Tanzania. 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: International Workers' Day (1 May), Nane Nane Day (8 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.
June is the longest working month with 22 days, and January 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 251working days, so 2027gives you 1 more 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 13, Tanzania sits above the middle of the range, around the 64th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 3 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 26 March to 29 March (Good Friday, Easter Monday). 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.
2 holidays change date compared with 2026: Good Friday, Easter Monday. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.