Here's the live public holiday calendar for French Polynesia — recently observed dates plus upcoming ones, kept current automatically rather than a fixed yearly list. French Polynesia observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Fête de l'Autonomie (Autonomy Day)). Not every holiday lands on the same date annually — fixed-date national days repeat exactly, while Easter-based, Islamic-calendar or lunar observances move each year, which the calendar reflects with each year's specific date rather than guessing a repeat. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in French Polynesia directly affect office schedules, customs clearance and warehouse operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for logistics coordinators scheduling shipments and deliveries working with partners, offices or operations in French Polynesia.
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Live public holiday calendar for French Polynesia, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
◀ Showing upcoming holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar's toolbar to see earlier dates this year.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in French Polynesia. These fixed dates reflect official non-working days. For dynamic, movable religious observances (e.g., Eid, Easter), refer to the live calendar embed above.
⚠ These entries are sourced from French Polynesia's official government portal but have not yet been individually cross-checked against a specific confirming page — treat the dates below as a helpful starting point, not a final confirmed record.
| Holiday Name | Date / Observance | Category / Type | Closure Impact | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête de l'Autonomie (Autonomy Day) Commemorates internal autonomy granted to French Polynesia in 1984. | June 29 | Territorial Holiday | Territorial Govt Closure | www.presidence.pf → |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Fête de l'Autonomie (Autonomy Day) | Tue, Jun 29, 2027 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Not every holiday repeats on the same date each year. Fixed-date holidays — a national or founding day, typically — recur exactly, while a country's movable holidays are governed by a separate calendar system and land on a different date every year. French Polynesia's calendar can include holidays governed by an Easter-based calculation, the Hijri lunar calendar used for Islamic observances, or a lunisolar calendar — each running independently of the standard Gregorian civic calendar. As a country in Australia And Oceania, French Polynesia sits in a region where both kinds of calendar are common — which is exactly why the live calendar above lists each year's actual computed date rather than assuming a repeat.
Under French Polynesia's labor law, fixed-date national public holidays carry mandatory non-working status for public administration, financial institutions, and commercial enterprises — 1 such holiday is documented for French Polynesia in the table above, currently sourced from French Polynesia's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Fête de l'Autonomie (Autonomy Day) on June 29. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
Worth separating, too: a true public holiday is a legally mandated non-working day — banks, schools and government offices close by law or long-standing custom. An observance is different — culturally or religiously notable, but without a mandated closure (Valentine's Day and Earth Day are common examples worldwide). This page focuses specifically on public holidays, the ones that actually affect scheduling.
French Polynesia isn't divided into separate states or provinces the way some larger federated nations are, so its public holiday calendar applies uniformly nationwide — the dates shown above hold the same way across the whole country, without a regional layer to account for.
