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Kiribati
Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Kiribati, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
Includes subnational coverage · 3 subdivisions covered.
The next public holiday in Kiribati is
World Teachers' Day
In 43 days
Computed · local time Pacific/Tarawa
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Kiribati public holidays in 2026
16 national closures in 2026, of 24 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day | Compiled |
| 8 March 2026 | International Women's Day | Compiled |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Compiled |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Compiled |
| 7 April 2026 | Health Day | Compiled |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day | Compiled |
| 20 June 2026 | Police Day | Compiled |
| 10 July 2026 | Gospel Day expected | Compiled |
| 11 July 2026 | National Culture and Senior Citizens Day | Compiled |
| 12 July 2026 | National Day | Compiled |
| 13 July 2026 | Special Day | Compiled |
| 7 August 2026 | National Youth Day | Compiled |
| 5 October 2026 | World Teachers' Day | Compiled |
| 10 December 2026 | Human Rights | Compiled |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Compiled |
| 26 December 2026 | Boxing Day expected | Compiled |
The shape of Kiribati’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
16 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Kiribati, 2026
8 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 7 Apr | 5 days | Good Friday, Easter Monday, Health Day | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 10 Jul – 13 Jul | 4 days | Gospel Day, National Culture and Senior Citizens Day, National Day, Special Day | no leave needed |
| 7 Aug – 9 Aug | 3 days | National Youth Day | no leave needed |
| 3 Oct – 5 Oct | 3 days | World Teachers' Day | no leave needed |
| 10 Dec – 13 Dec | 4 days | Human Rights | take Fri 11 Dec |
| 25 Dec – 27 Dec | 3 days | Christmas Day, Boxing Day | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
2 subdivisions of Kiribati keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Islands | 12 December 2026 | Independence Day |
| Tarawa | 4 August 2027 | Youth Day |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Kiribati, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 24 | 24 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 8 | 8 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 24 | 24 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 5 | — | — | |
| Elections | 17 | — | — |
Not held for Kiribati: Statutory weekly rest, Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, School terms and breaks, Exchange closures, Tax deadlines, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
2 named documents, issued by 2 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Published listing of Kiribati's national holidays internal
How Kiribati keeps time
| Observances | 24 across the national calendar and 2 subdivisions |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 0 verified · 0 corroborated · 24 compiled, from 5 named sources |
| Languages | English |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Kiribati dossier
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All 24 dated closures are complete and computed, drawn from published compilations and our own research across 5 named sources. Every row names what it rests on. We are retrieving the underlying instruments market by market.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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