Easter school holidays 2027
The Easter long weekend in 2027 runs from Good Friday, Friday 26 March, to Easter Monday, Monday 29 March 2027. The school holidays include Easter in VIC and QLD; elsewhere Easter falls during term and the break comes later.
These are the 2027 dates. Easter school holidays 2028
The Easter-time school break in each state
| State | School holidays | Length | Includes Easter? |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Sat 10 Apr to Wed 28 Apr | 2 weeks and 5 days | No, 13 days after |
| VIC | Fri 26 Mar to Sun 11 Apr | 2 weeks and 3 days | Yes |
| QLD | Fri 26 Mar to Sun 11 Apr | 2 weeks and 3 days | Yes |
| WA | Sat 10 Apr to Sun 25 Apr | 2 weeks and 2 days | No, 13 days after |
| SA | Sat 10 Apr to Sun 25 Apr | 2 weeks and 2 days | No, 13 days after |
| TAS | Sat 10 Apr to Sun 25 Apr | 2 weeks and 2 days | No, 13 days after |
| ACT | Sat 10 Apr to Tue 27 Apr | 2 weeks and 4 days | No, 13 days after |
| NT | Sat 3 Apr to Mon 12 Apr | 1 week and 3 days | No, 6 days after |
Easter public holidays by state
Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere; the Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday differ.
Anzac Day 2027
Anzac Day, Sunday 25 April 2027, often falls close to the Easter-time break.
- NSW: Sun 25 Apr and Mon 26 Apr (extra day for the weekend), in the school holidays
- VIC: Sun 25 Apr, in term time
- QLD: Mon 26 Apr, in term time
- WA: Sun 25 Apr and Mon 26 Apr (extra day for the weekend), in the school holidays
- SA: Sun 25 Apr, in the school holidays
- TAS: Sun 25 Apr, in the school holidays
- ACT: Sun 25 Apr and Mon 26 Apr (extra day for the weekend), in the school holidays
- NT: Mon 26 Apr, in term time
Orthodox Easter 2027
Orthodox Easter Sunday is Sunday 2 May 2027, 5 weeks after Western Easter. Orthodox Good Friday and Easter Monday are not public holidays in Australia, so for Greek, Serbian, Russian, Macedonian and other Orthodox families they can be school days. This year at least one of the two is a school day in every state.
Easter dates 2027 to 2036
Easter weekend dates for the next ten years. Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays in every state; Orthodox Easter is usually one to five weeks later and sometimes on the same day.
| Year | Good Friday | Easter Sunday | Easter Monday | Orthodox Easter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Fri 26 Mar | Sun 28 Mar | Mon 29 Mar | Sun 2 May |
| 2028 | Fri 14 Apr | Sun 16 Apr | Mon 17 Apr | Sun 16 Aprsame day |
| 2029 | Fri 30 Mar | Sun 1 Apr | Mon 2 Apr | Sun 8 Apr |
| 2030 | Fri 19 Apr | Sun 21 Apr | Mon 22 Apr | Sun 28 Apr |
| 2031 | Fri 11 Apr | Sun 13 Apr | Mon 14 Apr | Sun 13 Aprsame day |
| 2032 | Fri 26 Mar | Sun 28 Mar | Mon 29 Mar | Sun 2 May |
| 2033 | Fri 15 Apr | Sun 17 Apr | Mon 18 Apr | Sun 24 Apr |
| 2034 | Fri 7 Apr | Sun 9 Apr | Mon 10 Apr | Sun 9 Aprsame day |
| 2035 | Fri 23 Mar | Sun 25 Mar | Mon 26 Mar | Sun 29 Apr |
| 2036 | Fri 11 Apr | Sun 13 Apr | Mon 14 Apr | Sun 20 Apr |
Why Easter and the school holidays don't always line up
Easter moves each year, between 22 March and 25 April, while most states fix their Term 1 holidays to a regular point in the school calendar. Some states set the autumn break around Easter each year; others keep fixed term lengths, so in some years Easter falls in term and schools simply close for the long weekend.
Every break compared
School dates link to each state's official source on its own page. Easter dates calculated with the Gregorian method used by the public holiday acts; Orthodox Easter with the Julian method the Orthodox churches use.