Long weekends in Singapore 2027

Singapore has five long weekends of three days or more in 2027 without anyone taking a day of leave, out of 11 national public holidays. On top of that, two well placed days of leave buy 8 days away from work, because two holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.

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Long weekends
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Longest break, in days
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Bridge days
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Days off those bridges buy
Long weekends in Singapore in 2027: runs of three or more consecutive days off, no leave taken.
DatesDaysStartsCreated by
3FridayNew Year's Day
3SaturdayChinese New Year
3FridayGood Friday
3SaturdayHari Raya Haji
3SaturdayNational Day

Bridge days: one day of leave, four days off

A bridge day is a single working day sitting between a public holiday and a weekend. Take it off and the two join up. These are the two in Singapore in 2027:

Bridge days in Singapore in 2027, and what each one buys.
Take offBecause ofYou getDays off
Friday Vesak Day4
Friday Deepavali4

Taking all two costs two days of annual leave and produces 8 days away from work, a return of 4.0 days off per day of leave.

How this is counted

A non-working day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a national public holiday taken on the day it is actually observed. A long weekend is three or more of those in a row. A bridge day is one working day between two such runs where taking it off produces four days or more. A Monday to Friday working week is assumed throughout.

Regional holidays are excluded, in line with the rest of the site, so a state or province with its own extra day can do better than this page shows. The Singapore holiday hub lists the regional days separately. Breaks that straddle New Year are measured at their full length rather than being cut at the year boundary.

Frequently asked questions

How many long weekends does Singapore get in 2027?

Five. A long weekend here means three or more consecutive days off without taking leave, counting Saturdays, Sundays and national public holidays. The longest runs 3 days, from 1 January 2027 to 3 January 2027.

Which 2027 holidays in Singapore are worth taking a day off around?

Two days: Friday 21 May 2027, which turns Vesak Day into 4 days off; Friday 29 October 2027, which turns Deepavali into 4 days off. Each of those is one day of leave for a break of four days or more.

What counts as a long weekend on this page?

A run of three or more consecutive non-working days, where a non-working day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a national public holiday taken on the day it is actually observed. A Monday to Friday working week is assumed. Regional holidays are not counted, so a state or province with its own extra day may get more breaks than shown here.

Related pages for Singapore

The underlying dates are on the Singapore 2027 holiday page, and the same figures are available as JSON.