Current Date And Time In Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
22:59:43 SBT
Capital: Kirakira
Currency: Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)
Timezone: UTC +11:00 (SBT)
Population: 55,126
Area: 3,188.00 km²
State Code: MK
Checking official public holidays and bank closures for Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands? This regional holiday guide tracks statutory non-working days, live public calendars, and local holiday rules for Makira-Ulawa Province.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Makira-Ulawa Province observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Makira-Ulawa Province, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Independence Day on July 7) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Solomon Islands's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Solomon Islands's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Makira-Ulawa Province and the rest of Solomon Islands, not a separate Makira-Ulawa Province-specific calendar.
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These are Solomon Islands's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Solomon Islands's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Solomon Islands, including Makira-Ulawa Province. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | July 7 | National Public Holiday | Full National Closure | solomons.gov.sb |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Makira-Ulawa Province close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Solomon Islands are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
A statutory holiday falling on a weekend in Makira-Ulawa Province doesn't simply disappear — Solomon Islands's gazette process typically shifts the observed non-working day to the nearest Monday.
As Makira-Ulawa Province's capital, Kirakira observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Makira-Ulawa Province.