Easter in Australia
Easter Sunday 2027 is 28 March
Good Friday is Friday 26 March 2027, in 153 days, and Easter Monday is Monday 29 March 2027.
As of Saturday 24 October 2026, Sydney time.
Friday
26March 2027
Good Friday 2027
in 153 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.