Current Date And Time In Baucau, Timor Leste
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
02:23:26 TLT
Capital: Baucau
Currency: United States Dollar (USD)
Timezone: UTC +09:00 (TLT)
Area: 1,504.20 km²
State Code: BA
Planning business schedules or travel in Baucau, Timor Leste? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Baucau, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Baucau observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Baucau, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Restauração da Independência (Restoration of Independence) on May 20) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Timor Leste's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Timor Leste's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Baucau and the rest of Timor Leste, not a separate Baucau-specific calendar.
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These are Timor Leste's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Timor Leste's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Timor Leste, including Baucau. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restauração da Independência (Restoration of Independence) | May 20 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | timor-leste.gov.tl |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Restauração da Independência (Restoration of Independence) | Thu, May 20, 2027 | Take the Friday after off for a 4-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Baucau close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Timor Leste are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
A statutory holiday falling on a weekend in Baucau doesn't simply disappear — Timor Leste's gazette process typically shifts the observed non-working day to the nearest Monday.
As Baucau's own capital, Baucau observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Baucau.