Public holidays in Bulgaria 2025
Bulgaria has 15 public holidays in 2025. 11 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, with 2 substitute days off marked as observed, which leaves 248 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
15public holidays
13weekday days off, substitutes included
248working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Liberation Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Saturday weekend | Holy Saturday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter | |
| Monday | Easter | |
| Thursday | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day | |
| Tuesday | Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army | |
| Saturday weekend | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture | |
| Monday | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture observed | |
| Saturday weekend | Unification Day | |
| Monday | Unification Day observed | |
| Monday | Independence Day | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Eve | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| Wednesday | Non-working day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Working days per month in 2025
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 2025 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysSat 1 to Mon 3 March 2025Liberation Day
- 4 daysFri 18 to Mon 21 April 2025Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter
- 3 daysSat 24 to Mon 26 May 2025Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
- 3 daysSat 6 to Mon 8 September 2025Unification Day
- 3 daysSat 20 to Mon 22 September 2025Independence Day
- 5 daysWed 24 to Sun 28 December 2025Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
- 5 daysWed 31 December 2025 to Sun 4 January 2026Non-working day, New Year's Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 May 2025Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 5 May 2025 for Sat 3 to Tue 6 May 2025Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
Questions about 2025 in Bulgaria
- How many working days are there in Bulgaria in 2025?
- 248 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 13 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2025?
- 15 public holidays, plus 2 substitute days off. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Holy Saturday (19 April 2025), Easter (20 April 2025), Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (24 May 2025), Unification Day (6 September 2025).
- 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 2026?
- See public holidays in Bulgaria 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Bulgaria has 15 public holidays and 248 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/bulgaria/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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