Current Date And Time In Samoa
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
00:53:34 WSST
Here's the live public holiday calendar for Samoa — recently observed dates plus upcoming ones, kept current automatically rather than a fixed yearly list. Samoa observes 1 official public holidays mandated by national law (including Independence Day (Aso o le Tuto'atasi)). 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 Samoa directly affect office schedules, customs clearance and warehouse operations. This calendar is a standard reference point for supply chain managers timing operations around local closures working with partners, offices or operations in Samoa.
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Live public holiday calendar for Samoa, 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 Samoa. 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 Samoa'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day (Aso o le Tuto'atasi) Commemorates Samoan independence achieved in 1962. | June 1 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.samoagovt.ws → |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Day (Aso o le Tuto'atasi) | Tue, Jun 1, 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. Samoa'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 Australia And Oceania vary widely in which calendar systems their holidays follow, Samoa included — that variation is exactly why the calendar above computes each year's date individually rather than repeating one.
Under Samoa'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 Samoa in the table above, currently sourced from Samoa's official government portal, pending independent confirmation, including Independence Day (Aso o le Tuto'atasi) on June 1. Official gazette announcements are published by government authorities to confirm these mandated closures.
It's also worth distinguishing a public holiday from an observance. A public holiday is a government-mandated day off — offices, banks and schools close. An observance marks something culturally or religiously significant without requiring anyone to close for it. This page tracks public holidays only, since those are the dates that actually change a day's schedule.
Samoa 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.