Current Date And Time In Saint James, Barbados
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
07:53:37 AST
Capital: Holetown
Currency: Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
Timezone: UTC -04:00 (AST)
Population: 28,498
Area: 31.00 km²
State Code: SJ
Planning business schedules or travel in Saint James, Barbados? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Saint James, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Saint James align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Saint James, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Independence Day on November 30) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Barbados's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Barbados's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Saint James and the rest of Barbados, not a separate Saint James-specific calendar.
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These are Barbados's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Barbados's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Barbados, including Saint James. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | November 30 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.gov.bb |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | Mon, Nov 30, 2026 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Saint James follows Barbados's statutory holiday calendar in full — the national government sets these dates, and regional banks, public offices and schools across the state close accordingly.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Saint James, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Saint James's capital, Holetown observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Saint James.