Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau for 2026 ready to be integrated into your application.

Located on the west coast of Africa is the tropical country of Guinea-Bissau. During the 19th century Guinea was colonized by the Portuguese. On September 24, 1973, the Republic of Guinea-Bussau was founded and became independent from Portugal. In 1974 the capital Bissau was added to the name to avoid confusion with the country French Guinea, and the country was named the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Thursday New Year's Day
March 8th Sunday International Women's Day
March 19th Thursday Festival of Breaking the Fast
March 20th Friday March Equinox Long weekend.
May 1st Friday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 26th Tuesday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 21st Sunday June Solstice
August 3rd Monday Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguoiti Long weekend.
September 23rd Wednesday September Equinox
September 24th Thursday National Day
November 14th Saturday Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment
December 21st Monday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Thursday Christmas Eve
December 25th Friday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 31st Thursday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="GW-BS" -d year="2026" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "GW-BS",
  "year": "2026",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GW-BS',
  year: '2026',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GW-BS',
  'year' => '2026',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GW-BS"
$Body.year = "2026"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GW-BS',
  'year': '2026',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GW-BS',
  'year': '2026',
})