Current Date And Time In Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cabo Verde
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
17:40:42 CVT
Capital: Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)
Timezone: UTC -01:00 (CVT)
State Code: TS
Planning business schedules or travel in Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cabo Verde? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Tarrafal de São Nicolau, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Tarrafal de São Nicolau observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Tarrafal de São Nicolau, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Dia da Independência Nacional on July 5) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Cabo Verde's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Cabo Verde's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the rest of Cabo Verde, not a separate Tarrafal de São Nicolau-specific calendar.
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These are Cabo Verde's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Cabo Verde's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Cabo Verde, including Tarrafal de São Nicolau. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia da Independência Nacional | July 5 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.governo.cv |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Dia da Independência Nacional | Mon, Jul 5, 2027 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Tarrafal de São Nicolau close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Cabo Verde are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
A statutory holiday falling on a weekend in Tarrafal de São Nicolau doesn't simply disappear — Cabo Verde's gazette process typically shifts the observed non-working day to the nearest Monday.
As Tarrafal de São Nicolau's own capital, Tarrafal de São Nicolau observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Tarrafal de São Nicolau.