Public holidays in Bulgaria 2024
Bulgaria has 13 public holidays in 2024. 9 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, with 2 substitute days off marked as observed, which leaves 251 working days out of 366. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
13public holidays
11weekday days off, substitutes included
251working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | New Year's Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Liberation Day | |
| Monday | Liberation Day observed | |
| Wednesday | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Saturday weekend | Holy Saturday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter | |
| Monday | Easter | |
| Monday | Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army | |
| Friday | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture | |
| Friday | Unification Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Independence Day | |
| Monday | Independence Day observed | |
| Tuesday | Christmas Eve | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Working days per month in 2024
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Saturday and Sunday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 104 | 11 | 251 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2024
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysSat 30 December 2023 to Mon 1 January 2024New Year's Day
- 3 daysSat 2 to Mon 4 March 2024Liberation Day
- 4 daysFri 3 to Mon 6 May 2024Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
- 3 daysFri 24 to Sun 26 May 2024Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 September 2024Unification Day
- 3 daysSat 21 to Mon 23 September 2024Independence Day
- 3 daysTue 24 to Thu 26 December 2024Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 6 daysTake off Thursday 2 May 2024 for Wed 1 to Mon 6 May 2024Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
- 6 daysTake off Monday 23 December 2024 for Sat 21 to Thu 26 December 2024Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
- 6 daysTake off Friday 27 December 2024 for Tue 24 to Sun 29 December 2024Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Questions about 2024 in Bulgaria
- How many working days are there in Bulgaria in 2024?
- 251 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 11 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2024?
- 13 public holidays, plus 2 substitute days off. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Liberation Day (3 March 2024), Holy Saturday (4 May 2024), Easter (5 May 2024), Independence Day (22 September 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Bulgaria?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Bulgaria 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Bulgaria has 13 public holidays and 251 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/bulgaria/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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