Easter in Australia
Easter Sunday 2027 is 28 March
Good Friday is Friday 26 March 2027, in 140 days, and Easter Monday is Monday 29 March 2027.
As of Friday 6 November 2026, Sydney time.
Friday
26March 2027
Good Friday 2027
in 140 days- Good Friday
- Friday 26 March 2027
- Easter Monday
- Monday 29 March 2027
- No Easter Saturday holiday in
- WA and TAS Read from each state's Act
The Easter public holidays, state by state
Every state and territory has Good Friday and Easter Monday. After that they part: the Saturday and Sunday are holidays in some places and not others, and the names differ because each Act names them its own way. A dash means an ordinary day there.
| State | Good Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| VIC | Yes | Yes Saturday before Easter Sunday | Yes | Yes | — |
| QLD | Yes | Yes The day after Good Friday | Yes | Yes | — |
| WA | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | — |
| SA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| TAS | Yes | — | — | Yes | Only some* |
| ACT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| NT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
- TAS: Easter Tuesday applies to the Tasmanian State Service and others outside the national workplace relations system only — it is not a holiday for everyone.
Good Friday across Australia
- Good Friday — a public holiday in every state and territory.
- Autumn holidays for government schools in VIC and QLD.
- In school term in NSW, WA, SA, TAS, the ACT and the NT, but schools are closed for the public holiday.
- Daylight saving is in force in NSW, VIC, SA, TAS and the ACT.
Good Friday is also a restricted trading day in most states — what may open is set by each state's own law, on its public holidays page.
Easter Sunday in the years ahead
- 2027: Sunday 28 March
- 2028: Sunday 16 April
- 2029: Sunday 1 April
- 2030: Sunday 21 April
- 2031: Sunday 13 April
Worked out from the date rule, not read from a calendar — the same rule every church calendar in the Western tradition uses. The public holidays around it are only listed above for years a state has actually published. For the rest of the year's long weekends, see long weekends by month.