View the complete list of public holidays and bank holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2027. Plan your year ahead with official dates, weekdays, and observances.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's holiday calendar differs by entity and even by municipality, reflecting its post-war constitutional structure: Catholic, Orthodox, and Muslim holidays are all officially recognized somewhere in the country, but not uniformly everywhere. Independence Day (March 1) marks the 1992 referendum, while Dayton Agreement Day (November 21) commemorates the 1995 accord that ended the war - both are observed differently across the Federation and Republika Srpska.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2027 | Friday | Novogodisnji dan (New Year's Day) | Public Holiday |
| January 2, 2027 | Saturday | Drugi dan Nove Godine (2nd day of the New Year) | Public Holiday |
| January 6, 2027 | Wednesday | Bogojavljenje, Sveta tri kralja (Epiphany) | Public Holiday |
| January 7, 2027 | Thursday | Pravoslavni Božić (Orthodox Christmas) | Public Holiday |
| January 14, 2027 | Thursday | Pravoslavni novogodišnji dan (Orthodox New Year) | Public Holiday |
| March 9, 2027 | Tuesday | Ramazanski bajram (End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)) | Public Holiday |
| March 28, 2027 | Sunday | Vaskrs (Easter Sunday) | Public Holiday |
| March 29, 2027 | Monday | Uskrsni ponedjeljak (Easter Monday) | Public Holiday |
| May 1, 2027 | Saturday | Radni dan (Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 2, 2027 | Sunday | Pravoslavni Vaskrs (Orthodox Easter) | Public Holiday |
| May 2, 2027 | Sunday | Drugi dan Dana rada (2nd day of the Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 3, 2027 | Monday | Drugi dan Dana rada (zamjena dan) (2nd day of the Labour Day (substitute day)) | Public Holiday |
| May 16, 2027 | Sunday | Kurbanski bajram (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| May 27, 2027 | Thursday | Tijelovo (Corpus Christi) | Public Holiday |
| June 6, 2027 | Sunday | Nova hidžretska godina (Islamic New Year) | Public Holiday |
| August 14, 2027 | Saturday | Mevlud (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
| August 15, 2027 | Sunday | Velika Gospa (Assumption) | Public Holiday |
| August 28, 2027 | Saturday | Velika Gospa (Assumption) | Public Holiday |
| November 1, 2027 | Monday | Dita e të gjithë Shenjtorëve (All Saints' Day) | Public Holiday |
| November 2, 2027 | Tuesday | Dušni dan (All Souls' Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 25, 2027 | Saturday | Božić (Christmas Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 26, 2027 | Sunday | Svetog Stjepana (Boxing Day) | Public Holiday |
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2026 | Thursday | Novogodisnji dan (New Year's Day) | Public Holiday |
| January 2, 2026 | Friday | Drugi dan Nove Godine (2nd day of the New Year) | Public Holiday |
| January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | Bogojavljenje, Sveta tri kralja (Epiphany) | Public Holiday |
| January 7, 2026 | Wednesday | Pravoslavni Božić (Orthodox Christmas) | Public Holiday |
| January 14, 2026 | Wednesday | Pravoslavni novogodišnji dan (Orthodox New Year) | Public Holiday |
| March 20, 2026 | Friday | Ramazanski bajram (End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)) | Public Holiday |
| April 5, 2026 | Sunday | Vaskrs (Easter Sunday) | Public Holiday |
| April 6, 2026 | Monday | Uskrsni ponedjeljak (Easter Monday) | Public Holiday |
| April 12, 2026 | Sunday | Pravoslavni Vaskrs (Orthodox Easter) | Public Holiday |
| May 1, 2026 | Friday | Radni dan (Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 2, 2026 | Saturday | Drugi dan Dana rada (2nd day of the Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 27, 2026 | Wednesday | Kurbanski bajram (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| June 4, 2026 | Thursday | Tijelovo (Corpus Christi) | Public Holiday |
| June 16, 2026 | Tuesday | Nova hidžretska godina (Islamic New Year) | Public Holiday |
| August 15, 2026 | Saturday | Velika Gospa (Assumption) | Public Holiday |
| August 25, 2026 | Tuesday | Mevlud (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
| August 28, 2026 | Friday | Velika Gospa (Assumption) | Public Holiday |
| November 1, 2026 | Sunday | Dita e të gjithë Shenjtorëve (All Saints' Day) | Public Holiday |
| November 2, 2026 | Monday | Dušni dan (All Souls' Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 25, 2026 | Friday | Božić (Christmas Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 26, 2026 | Saturday | Svetog Stjepana (Boxing Day) | Public Holiday |
Bosnia and Herzegovina has 21 public holidays in 2027, 8 more than the global average of 13.
6 public holidays fall on a weekend in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2027: 2nd day of the New Year (Saturday, January 2), Labour Day (Saturday, May 1), 2nd day of the Labour Day (Sunday, May 2), Assumption (Sunday, August 15), Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25), Boxing Day (Sunday, December 26). Bosnia and Herzegovina substitutes some of these with a working day but not others.
Only partly — Bosnia and Herzegovina moves a public holiday to the next working day when it falls on a Sunday, but not when it falls on a Saturday.
5 consecutive days off in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2027, January 6–January 10, by booking 1 day of leave.
The next public holiday in Bosnia and Herzegovina is Dita e të gjithë Shenjtorëve (All Saints' Day) on November 1, 2026.
Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Corpus Christi, Orthodox New Year, Orthodox Easter, Assumption, Orthodox Christmas, Islamic New Year, Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) do not fall on the same date every year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, since they are set by a lunar or other variable calendar rather than a fixed date.