Singapore Public Holidays 2027
Singapore has a nationwide holiday calendar, so no state selection is needed. The table includes the gazetted dates and the explicitly declared observed holidays from the Ministry of Manpower. Observed entries represent additional calendar dates, not additional named holiday entitlements. The planner assumes Saturday and Sunday are your weekend, with Sunday as your rest day.
Optimize Your Own LeaveSingapore Holiday Summary
- Public holiday dates
- 12
- Natural long weekends
- 5
- Days off with 1 leave day
- 4
Calculations assume a Monday–Friday workweek with Saturday–Sunday weekends, including for state guides. Compare your employer’s working week before using these dates. Counts are distinct calendar dates, including explicitly listed observed dates; substitute holidays are not inferred.
Public Holidays in Singapore
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| 公共假期 | 日期 | 星期 |
|---|---|---|
| 元旦 / 新年 | 星期五 | |
| 农历新年 | 星期六 | |
| 农历新年 | 星期日 | |
| 农历新年（补假） | 星期一 | |
| 开斋节 | 星期三 | |
| 耶稣受难日 | 星期五 | |
| 劳动节 | 星期六 | |
| 哈芝节 | 星期一 | |
| 卫塞节 | 星期四 | |
| 国庆日 | 星期一 | |
| 屠妖节 | 星期四 | |
| 圣诞节 | 星期六 |
Natural Long Weekends in Singapore
These breaks need no annual leave. Efficiency is not applicable when no leave is used.
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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained
New Year's Day
- 周五公假
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained
Chinese New Year / Chinese New Year / Chinese New Year (Observed)
- 周六公假
- 周日公假
- 周一公假
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3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained
Good Friday
- 周五公假
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
–
3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained
Hari Raya Haji
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一公假
–
3 days off · 0 leave days · +3 days gained
National Day
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一公假
Best Leave Days in Singapore
Choose a small leave commitment, a longer continuous break, or the most days off per leave day. These are alternatives and may overlap; do not add their totals together.
Best 1-Day Leave Opportunity
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1 leave day → 4 days off → +3 days gained
4.0× efficiency · New Year's Day
Request annual leave:
- 周五公假
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一年假
Best 2-Day Leave Opportunity
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2 leave days → 6 days off → +4 days gained
3.0× efficiency · Hari Raya Haji / Vesak Day
Request annual leave: ,
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一公假
- 周二年假
- 周三年假
- 周四公假
Best Extended Break
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9 leave days → 17 days off → +8 days gained
1.9× efficiency · Hari Raya Haji / Vesak Day
Request annual leave: , , , , , , , ,
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一年假
- 周二年假
- 周三年假
- 周四年假
- 周五年假
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一公假
- 周二年假
- 周三年假
- 周四公假
- 周五年假
- 周六休息（周末）
- 周日休息（周末）
- 周一年假
What can 3, 5 or 10 leave days buy in Singapore?
These are three separate plans for the 2027 calendar, each using at most three leave days per trip. Unlike individual recommendation cards, each row combines trips without overlapping dates. Compare the breaks you would actually take before choosing how much of your balance to commit.
| Leave budget | Leave used | Days off in chosen breaks | Trips | Unspent leave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 days | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 days | 10 | 36 | 9 | 0 |
- 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Mon, 4 Jan(1 leave day)
- 5 Feb – 8 Feb4 days offRequest Fri, 5 Feb(1 leave day)
- 25 Mar – 28 Mar4 days offRequest Thu, 25 Mar(1 leave day)
- 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Mon, 4 Jan(1 leave day)
- 5 Feb – 8 Feb4 days offRequest Fri, 5 Feb(1 leave day)
- 25 Mar – 28 Mar4 days offRequest Thu, 25 Mar(1 leave day)
- 14 May – 17 May4 days offRequest Fri, 14 May(1 leave day)
- 20 May – 23 May4 days offRequest Fri, 21 May(1 leave day)
- 1 Jan – 4 Jan4 days offRequest Mon, 4 Jan(1 leave day)
- 5 Feb – 8 Feb4 days offRequest Fri, 5 Feb(1 leave day)
- 6 Mar – 10 Mar5 days offRequest Mon, 8 Mar, Tue, 9 Mar(2 leave days)
- 25 Mar – 28 Mar4 days offRequest Thu, 25 Mar(1 leave day)
- 30 Apr – 2 May3 days offRequest Fri, 30 Apr(1 leave day)
- 14 May – 17 May4 days offRequest Fri, 14 May(1 leave day)
- 20 May – 23 May4 days offRequest Fri, 21 May(1 leave day)
- 6 Aug – 9 Aug4 days offRequest Fri, 6 Aug(1 leave day)
- 28 Oct – 31 Oct4 days offRequest Fri, 29 Oct(1 leave day)
These totals cover only the selected breaks, not every weekend or public holiday in the year. The plans use the full year, so check for past dates before requesting leave. Each larger budget is recalculated from scratch: it may replace a smaller plan’s trip rather than simply extend it. The search is limited to candidates near holidays, and workplace substitutions are not inferred.
What the 2027 calendar means for your leave
In this Singapore calendar, 8 of the 12 distinct public holiday dates fall on Monday to Friday. The remaining 4 fall on Saturday or Sunday. This distinction matters: a weekday holiday can remove a working day from a break, while a holiday on an existing weekly off-day does not automatically create another day off in this planner.
Read the holiday table as a list of calendar dates, rather than a leave balance. Two holiday names on the same date occupy one day in a trip. An explicitly listed observed date can occupy a separate day; LeaveGain does not invent another substitute date when holidays overlap. Check the linked official schedule and your workplace calendar if an observed day affects a booking.
Use the observed date as it appears in the calendar
Singapore’s table includes the observed entries explicitly recorded in the source data. Keep the original holiday and its observed date separate when reviewing a trip. A Saturday holiday should not be treated as a free Monday unless that date is actually included in the applicable calendar. The guide cannot determine an employer-specific day off in lieu.
A worked Singapore 2027 leave example
For a one-day request, the planner finds a break from Friday, 1 January 2027 to Monday, 4 January 2027, around New Year's Day. Request Monday, 4 January 2027 as annual leave. The other dates in this 4-day span are public holidays or weekly off-days in the calendar used for this page.
The calculation is 1 leave day + 3 holiday or weekly off-days = 4 consecutive days off. The 4.0× figure divides total days off by leave used. “Days gained” describes the non-leave dates inside that break; it does not mean that your employer gives you 3 extra leave days.
With a two-day budget, another candidate runs from Saturday, 15 May 2027 to Thursday, 20 May 2027 and gives 6 days off. Its leave dates are Tuesday, 18 May 2027 and Wednesday, 19 May 2027. Compare this entire alternative with the one-day option; it may surround a different holiday or overlap it. Do not add the two cards’ totals together without checking their dates.
Turn these dates into a workable request
Check every date marked as leave against your actual working week. If you work Saturdays, the weekend-based total may overstate your free time. If your days off rotate from week to week, a repeating custom week cannot represent the whole roster; review each date manually. The year and state labels alone do not establish your personal schedule.
Send your employer the working dates you want to take off, together with the full absence period and a return-to-work date checked against your roster. Keep an alternative break in case colleagues have requested the same dates. Once approved, record the leave you have used before planning the next trip so the same balance is not spent twice.
For a step-by-step budget example, overlapping-trip explanation and planning checklist, read how to build an annual leave plan. The holiday source on this page supports the calendar dates; the comparisons and recommendations are LeaveGain’s calculations from that data.
How LeaveGain Calculates Longer Breaks
LeaveGain combines official holiday dates with weekends, then evaluates the working days between them using the same optimizer as the calculator. Opportunities are ranked by efficiency, then break length. Days gained means days off minus leave used; efficiency is days off divided by leave used.
These guides search up to 12 leave days per break within the selected year, using the optimizer’s seven-day windows around holidays. “Best” means the best candidate found within that search, not a guaranteed global optimum. Confirm the applicable holiday dates and leave approval with your employer.