
Planning business schedules or travel in Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Upper Demerara-Berbice, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Upper Demerara-Berbice align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Upper Demerara-Berbice, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Mashramani / Republic Day on February 23) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Guyana's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Guyana's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Upper Demerara-Berbice and the rest of Guyana, not a separate Upper Demerara-Berbice-specific calendar.
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These are Guyana's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Guyana's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Guyana, including Upper Demerara-Berbice. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Mashramani / Republic Day | Tue, Feb 23, 2027 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Public holiday schedules in Upper Demerara-Berbice combine statutory nationwide non-working days with regional observances. Commercial banks, government offices, and educational institutions in Upper Demerara-Berbice observe mandatory statutory closures on national days.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Upper Demerara-Berbice, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Upper Demerara-Berbice's capital, Linden observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Upper Demerara-Berbice.