Editor’s Note: All content and information in this article are accurate as of published time.
With 11 Singapore public holidays in 2022, it’s time to look forward to those precious long weekends. While 2022 is looking to be a promising year (hopefully), be it for staycations or maybe even travel plans – be sure pencil in your leave dates early!
Nearly all gazetted Singapore public holidays for 2022 can be made into a long weekend with just a day of leave! Of course if your schedule permits, you can even take an extra day before or after to extend your long weekend too – woohoo!
Singapore Public Holidays 2022
The dates for Singapore public holidays 2022 are:
| New Year’s Day | 1 January 2022, Saturday |
| Chinese New Year | 2 February 2022, Wednesday 1 February 2022, Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 15 April 2022, Friday |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2022*, Sunday |
| Hari Raya Puasa | 3 May 2022, Tuesday |
| Vesak Day | 15 May 2022*, Sunday |
| Hari Raya Haji | 10 July 2022*, Sunday |
| National Day | 9 August 2022, Tuesday |
| Deepavali | 24 October 2022, Monday |
| Christmas Day | 25 December 2022*, Sunday |
*The following Monday will be a public holiday.
Source: Ministry of Manpower, Singapore (Public Holidays List 2022)
Did you know? Chinese New Year is counted as two gazetted public holidays in Singapore, with the first day of Chinese New Year as one public holiday and the second day of Chinese New Year as another.
Long Weekends in Singapore 2022
If you are a bubble puzzle fan, you’ll enjoy adding the combos together to make the best of the public holidays and your leave days. Well, even if you are not, we’ve done the homework for you!
With the 11 days of public holidays, you simply need to set aside nine days of leave to enjoy nine long weekends in 2022! However, there are other tips that might work better for you although it might involve more days of leave.
First up, February welcomes one of the longest weekends for the year with Chinese New Year falling on 1 to 2 February 2022. By taking a day’s leave on 31 January, you’ll effectively score yourself a 5-day long weekend from 29 January, Saturday to 2 February 2022, Wednesday!
If your company have the practice of a half-day on the eve of Chinese New Year, then here’s a tip. Take your leave after the 2 February. If you take two days of leave on the 3 to 4 February, it’s nearly as good as one entire week off work!
The next super long weekend to look forward to is in May 2022 with three public holidays! How timely it is for a nearly mid-year break. Kicking off the month is the Labour Day public holiday that can be combined with the Hari Raya Puasa public holiday for a 5-day long weekend! The Vesak Day public holiday then follows in mid-month.
School Holidays in Singapore 2022
If you have primary and secondary school-going kids, here are the school vacation periods that might come in handy while planning your annual leave.
| March term break (Between Terms 1 & 2) | 12 March 2022, Saturday to 20 March 2022, Sunday |
| June school holidays 2022 (Between Semesters 1 & 2) | 28 May 2022, Saturday to 26 June 2022, Sunday |
| Youth Day Holiday | 3 July 2022, Sunday (The following Monday, 4 Jul will be a scheduled school holiday) |
| Day after National Day | 10 August 2022, Wednesday |
| Teachers Day Holiday | 2 September 2022, Friday |
| September term break (Between Terms 3 & 4) | 3 September 2022, Saturday to 11 September 2022, Sunday |
| Children’s Day (for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only) | 7 October 2022, Friday |
| December school holidays (End of school year!) | 19 November 2022, Saturday to 31 December 2022, Saturday |
Source: Ministry of Education, Singapore (School Terms & Holidays 2022)
Ideas on what to do during the Singapore Public Holidays 2022 and long weekends
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We hope that this Singapore Public Holidays 2022 guide has been useful in help you plan your leave dates! You are all set for the year ahead. Here’s wishing you all the best for 2022 and come what may, make it a good year!
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