Current Date And Time In Saint Barthelemy
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
09:23:38 AST
Here's the live public holiday calendar for Saint Barthelemy — recently observed dates plus upcoming ones, kept current automatically rather than a fixed yearly list. Saint Barthelemy observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Abolition de l'esclavage). A mix of fixed and movable dates make up most national calendars: civic anniversaries usually repeat on the same day each year, while religious or lunar-calendar holidays shift — this calendar lists the actual computed date for each, year by year. Jump straight to the live calendar below, or read on for how the dates are worked out.
Why This Matters: Public holidays in Saint Barthelemy directly affect banking hours, courier deliveries and retail operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for corporate travel planners arranging international trips working with partners, offices or operations in Saint Barthelemy.
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Live public holiday calendar for Saint Barthelemy, embedded directly from Google's official public calendar — always shows Google's current data.
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Statutory public holidays mandated by national government law in Saint Barthelemy. 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 Saint Barthelemy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abolition de l'esclavage Statutory day of commemoration for the abolition of slavery in Saint Barthélemy. | October 9 | Island Holiday | Full Island Closure | www.comstbarth.fr → |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Abolition de l'esclavage | Fri, Oct 9, 2026 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Public holidays generally split into two kinds: fixed-date ones that land on the same calendar day every year — a founding or independence anniversary, for instance — and movable ones whose date shifts annually because they follow a different calendar system entirely. Saint Barthelemy's calendar can include holidays governed by the Easter computus that many Christian-majority countries use, the Hijri lunar calendar behind Islamic observances such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, or a lunisolar cycle behind holidays like Lunar New Year. Countries across North America vary widely in which calendar systems their holidays follow, Saint Barthelemy included — that variation is exactly why the calendar above computes each year's date individually rather than repeating one.
Under Saint Barthelemy'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 Saint Barthelemy in the table above, currently sourced from Saint Barthelemy's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Abolition de l'esclavage on October 9. 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.
Saint Barthelemy 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.