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Good Friday 2028

Friday 14 April 2028

The Friday before Easter Sunday, which follows the Western (Gregorian) Easter date.

In 2028, Good Friday falls on Friday 14 April 2028 in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Australia (national), New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Canada (federal), Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, New Zealand, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain (all 17 regions), Sweden and Switzerland (Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and 21 more). It is a Friday, so it gives at least a three-day weekend. The 2028 date for Australia (national), New South Wales, Canada (federal), British Columbia, Quebec, New Zealand, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Alsace-Moselle, Germany (all 16 states), Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain (all 17 regions), Sweden and Switzerland (Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and 21 more) is provisional – calculated from the rule, because the official calendar for that year is not published yet. For comparison in England and Wales, the 2027 date was Friday 26 March 2027 and the 2029 date is Friday 30 March 2029.

Dates in 2028

Friday 14 April 2028

United Kingdom

Australia

Australia (national): provisional – calculated from the rule

New South Wales: provisional – calculated from the rule

Canada

Canada (federal): provisional – calculated from the rule

British Columbia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Quebec: provisional – calculated from the rule

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France

provisional – calculated from the rule

Germany

Germany (nationwide): provisional – calculated from the rule

Baden-Württemberg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bavaria: provisional – calculated from the rule

Berlin: provisional – calculated from the rule

Brandenburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bremen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hamburg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Hesse: provisional – calculated from the rule

Lower Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: provisional – calculated from the rule

North Rhine-Westphalia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Rhineland-Palatinate: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saarland: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony: provisional – calculated from the rule

Saxony-Anhalt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schleswig-Holstein: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thuringia: provisional – calculated from the rule

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provisional – calculated from the rule

Spain

Spain (nationwide): provisional – calculated from the rule

Andalusia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Aragon: provisional – calculated from the rule

Asturias: provisional – calculated from the rule

Balearic Islands: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basque Country: provisional – calculated from the rule

Canary Islands: provisional – calculated from the rule

Cantabria: provisional – calculated from the rule

Castile and León: provisional – calculated from the rule

Castilla–La Mancha: provisional – calculated from the rule

Catalonia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Extremadura: provisional – calculated from the rule

Galicia: provisional – calculated from the rule

La Rioja: provisional – calculated from the rule

Community of Madrid: provisional – calculated from the rule

Region of Murcia: provisional – calculated from the rule

Navarre: provisional – calculated from the rule

Valencian Community: provisional – calculated from the rule

provisional – calculated from the rule

Switzerland

Aargau: provisional – calculated from the rule

Appenzell Ausserrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Appenzell Innerrhoden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Landschaft: provisional – calculated from the rule

Basel-Stadt: provisional – calculated from the rule

Bern: provisional – calculated from the rule

Fribourg: provisional – calculated from the rule

Geneva: provisional – calculated from the rule

Glarus: provisional – calculated from the rule

Grisons: provisional – calculated from the rule

Jura: provisional – calculated from the rule

Lucerne: provisional – calculated from the rule

Neuchâtel: provisional – calculated from the rule

Nidwalden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Obwalden: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schaffhausen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Schwyz: provisional – calculated from the rule

Solothurn: provisional – calculated from the rule

St. Gallen: provisional – calculated from the rule

Thurgau: provisional – calculated from the rule

Uri: provisional – calculated from the rule

Vaud: provisional – calculated from the rule

Zug: provisional – calculated from the rule

Zurich: provisional – calculated from the rule

See also: Orthodox Easter 2028.

About Good Friday

Good Friday marks the crucifixion of Jesus and is always the Friday before Easter Sunday. Western churches date Easter by the Gregorian calendar: Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon that falls on or after 21 March. Easter Sunday therefore falls between 22 March and 25 April, and Good Friday between 20 March and 23 April.

Good Friday is a public holiday in all three parts of the United Kingdom, in every Australian State, in New Zealand and in Canada, where the Canada Labour Code lists it for federally regulated workplaces and Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta list it as a statutory holiday. In Quebec the Act respecting labour standards lets the employer choose Good Friday or Easter Monday; this site counts Good Friday. Good Friday is not a public holiday in Ireland and is not a federal holiday in the United States. Across continental Europe this site counts it in many countries, including Germany and the Nordic countries, and in 24 of the 26 Swiss cantons, all but Ticino and Valais, but it is not general: in France it applies only in Alsace-Moselle. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Romania date Easter, and so Good Friday, by the Orthodox calendar. Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania count the Orthodox Good Friday; in Greece it is not a mandatory holiday for private employers, so this site lists it there without counting it. Their Easter dates are on the Orthodox Easter page, not here.

Because Good Friday is always a Friday, it never needs a substitute day and always removes one working day from March or April. Together with Easter Monday, where that is also a holiday, it gives a four-day weekend, and taking the four working days after Easter Monday stretches the break to ten days for four days of leave.

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