Korea Public Holidays 2027: Seollal Feb. 6–9, Chuseok Sep. 14–16, 10 Long Weekends
Korea has 72 effective public holidays in 2027 and 10 stretches of three or more days off. Seollal runs Feb. 6–9 and Chuseok Sep. 14–16, so check those dates first if you are planning a trip for next year.
76 red days on the calendar, 72 real days off
Korea's Aerospace Administration released the 2027 calendar reference on June 29. Add 24 holidays and substitute holidays to the 52 Sundays and the government calendar shows 76 red days.
Seollal (Feb. 7), Memorial Day (Jun. 6), Liberation Day (Aug. 15) and National Foundation Day (Oct. 3) land on Sundays, so the real number of days off is 72. Labor Day (May 1) and Constitution Day (Jul. 17) are official government holidays from this year.
Ten long weekends
On a five-day-week basis they are Jan. 1–3, Feb. 6–9, Feb. 27–Mar. 1, May 1–3, Jul. 17–19, Aug. 14–16, Sep. 14–16, Oct. 2–4, Oct. 9–11 and Dec. 25–27.
Labor Day, Constitution Day, Hangul Day and Christmas fall on Saturdays and carry over to Monday substitute holidays, so October alone has two long weekends.
Seollal on a Sunday makes it four days
Lunar New Year's Day is Sunday, Feb. 7, so the break stretches from Saturday Feb. 6 to Tuesday Feb. 9, with Feb. 9 as the substitute holiday.
Chuseok is Wednesday, Sep. 15, and the holiday covers Sep. 14–16. Locals who take leave on Monday Sep. 13 and Friday Sep. 17 get nine days off in a row, Sep. 11–19.
Don't forget the single days
Independence Movement Day (Mon. Mar. 1), Children's Day (Wed. May 5) and Buddha's Birthday (Thu. May 13) stand alone, and Memorial Day falls on Sunday Jun. 6 with no substitute day.
Whether a place you want to visit opens on a holiday is something to check on its own official page. These dates come from the announced calendar, so look at the official calendar reference once more before you fly.
Sources & context
2026-10-25T08:24:25.531Z
Financial News ↗Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute ↗Wikimedia Commons ↗Wikimedia Commons ↗Songpyeon, the rice cakes of Chuseok (taken 2018; not a photo of the 2027 holiday). Photo by Kim Sun-joo of Korea.net, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gyeongbokgung the day before Seollal (taken 2015; not a 2027 photo). Official Republic of Korea photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons