Public holidays 2027

Public holidays 2027 in Israel

Statutory rest days (weekend: Friday and Saturday). 5 weekdays off for a Sunday to Thursday week, 4 holidays on the weekend, 255 working days in the year.

Download the Israel 2027 calendar (.ics): one all-day event per row, for Google Calendar, Outlook or a Jira Service Management SLA calendar.

What to know about Israel's 2027 holidays

The working week here is Sunday to Thursday, with Friday and Saturday off.

The working week runs Sunday to Thursday, so Friday and Saturday holidays fall on the weekend and Sunday 3 October is a day off. The Bank of Israel list leaves out Saturdays; the three Saturday holidays are from the Hebrew calendar. Purim, Tisha B’Av and holiday eves are not rest days.

Source: Bank of Israel, 2027 holidays and market days, read in November 2026.

Long weekends in 2027

• Thu 22 Apr to Sat 24 Apr: 3 days off in a row
• Fri 1 Oct to Sun 3 Oct: 3 days off in a row

Bridge days: one day of leave, four or more days off

Take one of these working days as leave and it joins a holiday to the weekend. Expect colleagues to have the same idea, so plan cover early.

• Thursday 29 April: 4 days off in a row
• Thursday 13 May: 4 days off in a row
• Sunday 10 October: 4 days off in a row

Working days in 2027

255 working days, 2,040 hours at 8 a day. Compare every country month by month in Working days 2027, or count a date range with the business days calculator, which can fill in these holidays for you.

Plan the team around them

• Public holidays 2027: all 35 countries side by side, with the weekend rules compared.
• Out of office message generator: works out the day you are back, skipping these holidays.
• OutSync: leave requests in Jira and Confluence, who is out on the board, and approved leave in a shared Google Calendar.