Current Date And Time In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
22:51:27 AST
State: Guadeloupe
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Timezone: UTC -04:00 (AST)
Population: 11,472
District: Guadeloupe
Checking bank closures, municipal non-working days, and upcoming public holiday dates in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe? Here is the complete city holiday reference for Basse-Terre.
Businesses, retail banks, and public services throughout Basse-Terre follow official statutory holiday schedules for non-working day closures. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) on July 14) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Basse-Terre.
This is Guadeloupe's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Guadeloupe's country-level and Guadeloupe holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Basse-Terre as anywhere else in Guadeloupe.
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These are Guadeloupe's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Guadeloupe's country and Guadeloupe holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Basse-Terre just as everywhere else in Guadeloupe.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) | July 14 | National Public Holiday | Full Official Closure | www.regionguadeloupe.fr |
Basse-Terre's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Guadeloupe's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Basse-Terre doesn't simply get skipped — Guadeloupe's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 11,472 and running on the America/Guadeloupe time zone, Basse-Terre follows Guadeloupe's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.