United States Virgin Islands public holidays 2027
United States Virgin Islands has 18 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 245 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany
Three Kings Day |
Nationwide |
| 18 Jan | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Nationwide |
| 15 Feb | Monday | Presidents Day
President's Day |
Nationwide |
| 25 Mar | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| 29 Mar | Monday | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
| 31 Mar | Wednesday | Transfer Day | Nationwide |
| 31 May | Monday | Memorial Day | Nationwide |
| 18 Jun | Friday | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Nationwide |
| 3 Jul | Saturday rest day | Emancipation Day | Nationwide |
| 5 Jul | Monday | Independence Day | Nationwide |
| 6 Sep | Monday | Labour Day
Labor Day |
Nationwide |
| 11 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day
Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day & Columbus Day |
Nationwide |
| 11 Nov | Thursday | Veterans Day | Nationwide |
| 25 Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Sunday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Second Day of Christmas |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 4 holidays
April
May 1 holiday
June 1 holiday
July 2 holidays
August
September 1 holiday
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December 2 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 152 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 16 | 245 | 1,960 |
What the numbers say about United States Virgin Islands in 2027
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in United States Virgin Islands. 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.
2 holidays land on a rest day this year: Emancipation Day (3 Jul), 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.
April is the longest working month with 22 days, and January 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 56 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 245working 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 18, United States Virgin Islands sits above the middle of the range, around the 94th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 10 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 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.
12 holidays change date compared with 2026: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Memorial Day and more. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.