New Year holidays in 2027 will last 11 days

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on holidays and weekends in 2027. New Year holidays will last 11 days - from December 31, 2026 to January 10, 2027.

The press service of the government said that in the coming year, January 2 and 3 fall on Saturday and Sunday. These are non-working holidays, so it was decided to postpone them to Friday, November 5, and Friday, December 31.

Also, the non-working day was postponed from Saturday, February 20, to Monday, February 22. Thus, non-workers will be 21, 22 and 23 February, 6, 7 and 8 March, 1-3 May and 8-10 May, 12-14 June, 4-7 November.

In 2026, the New Year holidays lasted from December 31 to January 11, becoming the longest in Russia in 12 years. According to VTSIOM, the celebration of the New Year cost Russians an average of 64 thousand rubles.