You can start planning your calendar now! These are the public holidays in the Dominican Republic for 2027.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – As local residents, employers and travel planners begin mapping out personal time off, family gatherings and 2027 vacation itineraries, the Dominican Ministry of Labor has formally published the country’s full official non-working holiday schedule for the upcoming calendar year, structured in full alignment with the provisions of Law 139-97. Enacted to optimize consecutive rest periods for workers, the decades-old regulation permits authorities to reschedule public holidays that fall on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday to the nearest preceding Monday, to create extended long weekends that reduce unplanned mid-week work disruptions. For the 2027 cycle, only two public observances will be shifted to Monday dates, while the remaining 11 national and religious holidays will retain their traditional fixed calendar positions. The first adjusted observance is Three Kings Day, a widely celebrated cultural and religious holiday that falls on Wednesday, January 6, 2027; the official non-working rest period for this occasion will be moved to Monday, January 4, making Wednesday, January 6 a regular working day. The second rescheduled holiday is Duarte Day, the national commemoration of founding father Juan Pablo Duarte, which originally falls on Tuesday, January 26, 2027, and will be observed as a non-working public holiday on the preceding Monday, January 25. The full finalized 2027 public holiday roster for all Dominican workers and business operators is as follows: New Year’s Day on Friday, January 1 (unchanged); the rescheduled Three Kings Day on Monday, January 4; the Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia on Thursday, January 21 (unchanged); the rescheduled Duarte Day on Monday, January 25; National Independence Day on Saturday, February 27 (unchanged); Good Friday on Friday, March 26 (unchanged); Labor Day on Saturday, May 1 (unchanged); Corpus Christi on Thursday, May 27 (unchanged); Restoration Day on Monday, August 16 (unchanged); the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy on Friday, September 24 (unchanged); Constitution Day on Saturday, November 6 (unchanged); and Christmas Day on Saturday, December 25 (unchanged). Ministry officials confirmed that every registered commercial, industrial and public sector establishment across Dominican territory is legally required to adhere to the published adjusted holiday schedule, in full compliance with existing national labor regulations. The early release of the 2027 calendar is designed to give both workers and employers ample lead time to coordinate vacation requests, operational staffing plans, family travel arrangements and community event scheduling well in advance, particularly as six of the 12 official non-working holidays fall on weekends in 2027.