Public holidays
Botswana 2021 holidays
See 2021 public holidays and observed dates in Botswana. Check regional differences or open these dates in a customizable calendar.
Botswana holidays 2021
16 listed dates| Date | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Public holiday | |
| New Year's Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Good Friday | Public holiday | |
| Holy Saturday | Public holiday | |
| Easter Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour Day | Public holiday | |
| Labour Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension Day | Public holiday | |
| Sir Seretse Khama Day | Public holiday | |
| President's Day | Public holiday | |
| President's Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Botswana Day | Public holiday | |
| Botswana Day Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas Day | Public holiday | |
| Boxing Day | Public holiday | |
| Boxing Day (observed) | Observed / substitute |
Planning around public holidays
What is an observed or substitute holiday?
When a holiday falls on a weekend, local rules may move the day off to a weekday. The list identifies observed or substitute dates. Check your employer’s or school’s schedule before making plans.
Can I put these holidays on a printable calendar?
Open the 2021 calendar for this country and region. Add personal dates, choose week, month or year, then customize your paper size, orientation and layout in Print settings.
Where do the holiday dates come from?
We use Vacanza holidays (MIT) to calculate dates from country and regional rules. Where available, we check dates against published government schedules, including GOV.UK bank holidays and the US federal holiday schedule. A calculated date follows a rule; it is not a guarantee of an official day off. Dates marked “To be confirmed” may change. Employers, schools and local authorities can follow different schedules.
Dates calculated using the published holiday rules; one-off or local changes may not yet be included.
Holiday coverage: 2021–2031. UK government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated 2026-11-05.