Public Holidays

Discover upcoming public holiday dates for Cyprus and start planning to make the most of your time off.

2026 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Thu	New Year's Day
6 Jan	Tue	Epiphany
23 Feb	Mon	Green Monday
25 Mar	Wed	Greek Independence Day
1 Apr	Wed	National Day
10 Apr	Fri	Orthodox Good Friday
12 Apr	Sun	Orthodox Easter Sunday
13 Apr	Mon	Orthodox Easter Monday
1 May	Fri	Labour Day
1 Jun	Mon	Orthodox Whit Monday
15 Aug	Sat	Assumption Day
1 Oct	Thu	Cyprus Independence Day
28 Oct	Wed	Ochi Day
24 Dec	Thu	Christmas Eve
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day
26 Dec	Sat	2nd Day of Christmas
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2027 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Fri	New Year's Day
6 Jan	Wed	Epiphany
15 Mar	Mon	Green Monday
25 Mar	Thu	Greek Independence Day
1 Apr	Thu	National Day
30 Apr	Fri	Orthodox Good Friday
1 May	Sat	Labour Day
2 May	Sun	Orthodox Easter Sunday
3 May	Mon	Orthodox Easter Monday
21 Jun	Mon	Orthodox Whit Monday
15 Aug	Sun	Assumption Day
1 Oct	Fri	Cyprus Independence Day
28 Oct	Thu	Ochi Day
24 Dec	Fri	Christmas Eve
25 Dec	Sat	Christmas Day
26 Dec	Sun	2nd Day of Christmas
Visit visitcyprus.com for the original release.

2028 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Sat	New Year's Day
12 Jan	Wed	Amazigh New Year
26 Feb	Sat	Eid al-Fitr
28 Feb	Mon	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
1 May	Mon	Labour Day
5 May	Fri	Eid al-Adha
6 May	Sat	Eid al-Adha Holiday
3 Jun	Sat	Ashura
26 Jun	Mon	Islamic New Year
5 Jul	Wed	Independence Day
3 Aug	Thu	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
1 Nov	Wed	Revolution Day

Public holidays in Cyprus are paid days-off provided to all part-time and full-time workers, in addition to the paid annual leave they are entitled by law to take each year.

According to Cyprian labour legislation, every full-time employee is entitled to a day-off on each of the national public holidays. When an employee needs to work on a public holiday, they are entitled to be paid double the normal rate of pay for every hour worked. Part-time employees are entitled to equivalent holidays to full-time workers.

Generally retail stores are required to be closed on most public holidays of the year. However some stores and places of employment are allowed to remain open on a small number of the holidays.

Cyprian Labour law also allows for special arrangements for popular tourist areas so that retail and tourist service businesses in these areas are not required to be closed on public holidays. However, in cases that businesses are allowed to open, they are still required to pay double rates of pay to employees.