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Ascension Day
New Caledonia

Ascension Day 2025, 2026 and 2027 in New Caledonia

Ascension Day is a holiday in New Caledonia to commemorate Jesus Christ’s ascension to heaven as recorded in the Bible. It is observed on the fortieth day of Easter – 39 days after Easter Sunday – and always fall on a Thursday.

YearDateDayHoliday
202529 MayThuAscension Day
202614 MayThuAscension Day
20276 MayThuAscension Day
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

As an overseas collectivity of France, New Caledonia celebrates the same slate of holidays each year. This includes not only Ascension Day but also the related holidays of Easter and Pentecost. Easter Monday and Whit Monday are observed in order to gain long weekends, but it is the preceding Sunday in each case that is the centre of the celebration. In the case of Ascension Day, some take off the following Friday to create a four-day weekend.

Tourists arrive around Ascension Day on cruise liners, but locals too take advantage of the time off from their jobs. The weather is normally nice as the holiday comes sometime in May, and you will see people out on the town or out for a stroll to get some fresh air.

Previous Years

YearDateDayHoliday
20249 MayThuAscension Day
202318 MayThuAscension Day