coming up
Fri 23 OctUnited Nations DayFederated States of Micronesia +5Sat 24 OctUnited Nations DayFederated States of Micronesia +2Sun 25 OctThanksgiving DayGrenada +4Mon 26 OctNational DayAustria +10Tue 27 OctThadingyut HolidaysMyanmar +1Wed 28 OctOhi DayCyprus +4Thu 29 OctHM King Norodom Sihamoni's Coronation DayCambodia +2Fri 30 OctEnvironment DaySouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands +1Sat 31 OctMartyrs' DayBurkina Faso +6Sun 1 NovRevolution DayAlgeria +52Mon 2 NovAll Souls' DayAngola +22Tue 3 NovIndependence DayDominica +7Wed 4 NovNational Day of Community ServiceDominica +4Thu 5 NovThanksgiving DayLiberia +1Fri 6 NovGreen MarchMorocco +2Sat 7 NovOctober Revolution DayBelarusSun 8 NovVictory DayAzerbaijan +9Mon 9 NovVisit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIVArgentina +11Tue 10 NovVictory DayAzerbaijan +6Wed 11 NovVeterans DayAmerican Samoa +31Thu 12 NovMaore DayComoros +1Fri 13 NovMartyrdom of FatimaIran +2Sat 14 NovHM The King's BirthdayFalkland IslandsSun 15 NovRepublic Proclamation DayBrazil +4
Briflypublic holidays of the world
TodayPublic holidays in 246 countries and territoriesWho is off today?
Brifly
  1. Home
  2. Countries
  3. The Gambia
  4. Assumption Day
Public holiday

Assumption Day in The Gambia

Feast of the Assumption

Sunday15August 2027

Assumption Day is a public holiday in The Gambia, known locally as Feast of the Assumption.

In 2026 it falls on Saturday 15 August, with a substitute day off on Monday 17 August; in 2027 on Sunday 15 August.

The date is fixed, so only the weekday changes from year to year.

46 other countries in our calendar also have Assumption Day as a public holiday.

Dates, 2025 to 2028

YearDateWeekdayNote
202515 AugustFriday long weekend
202615 AugustSaturday weekend
202617 AugustMonday long weekendobserved (moved)
202715 AugustSunday weekend
202716 AugustMonday long weekendobserved (moved)
202815 AugustTuesday

Assumption Day elsewhere

Around the world
Andorra15 AugustAustria15 AugustBelgium15 AugustBenin15 AugustBurkina Faso15 AugustBurundi15 AugustCameroon15 AugustCape Verde15 AugustCentral African Republic15 AugustChile15 AugustColombia17 AugustCroatia15 AugustFrance15 AugustFrench Guiana15 AugustFrench Polynesia15 AugustFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands15 AugustGabon15 AugustGuadeloupe15 AugustGuatemala15 AugustGuinea15 AugustHaiti15 AugustIvory Coast15 AugustLebanon15 AugustLithuania15 AugustLuxembourg15 AugustMadagascar15 AugustMartinique15 AugustMauritius15 AugustMayotte15 AugustMonaco15 AugustNew Caledonia15 AugustPoland15 AugustPortugal15 AugustRwanda15 AugustRéunion15 AugustSaint Barthélemy15 AugustSaint Pierre and Miquelon15 AugustSaint-Martin15 AugustSan Marino15 AugustSenegal15 AugustSeychelles15 AugustSlovenia15 AugustSpain15 AugustTogo15 AugustVanuatu15 AugustWallis and Futuna15 August