Public holidays in Bulgaria 2026
Bulgaria has 15 public holidays in 2026. 10 fall on a weekday and 5 on the weekend, with 3 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 2026
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Friday | Non-working day | |
| Tuesday | Liberation Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Saturday weekend | Holy Saturday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter | |
| Monday | Easter | |
| Friday | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day | |
| Wednesday | Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army | |
| Sunday weekend | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture | |
| Monday | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture observed | |
| Sunday weekend | Unification Day | |
| Monday | Unification Day observed | |
| Tuesday | Independence Day | |
| Thursday | Christmas Eve | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Christmas Day | |
| Monday | Christmas Day observed |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Working days per month in 2026
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 2026 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| April 2026 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2026 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2026 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| October 2026 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| November 2026 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2026 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| Total 2026 | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 5 daysWed 31 December 2025 to Sun 4 January 2026Non-working day, New Year's Day
- 4 daysFri 10 to Mon 13 April 2026Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter
- 3 daysFri 1 to Sun 3 May 2026Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day
- 3 daysSat 23 to Mon 25 May 2026Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
- 3 daysSat 5 to Mon 7 September 2026Unification Day
- 5 daysThu 24 to Mon 28 December 2026Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Monday 2 March 2026 for Sat 28 February to Tue 3 March 2026Liberation Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 21 September 2026 for Sat 19 to Tue 22 September 2026Independence Day
Questions about 2026 in Bulgaria
- How many working days are there in Bulgaria in 2026?
- 248 working days. 2026 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 13 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2026?
- 15 public holidays, plus 3 substitute days off. 5 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2026 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Holy Saturday (11 April 2026), Easter (12 April 2026), Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (24 May 2026), Unification Day (6 September 2026), Christmas Day (26 December 2026).
- 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 2027?
- See public holidays in Bulgaria 2027 or go back to 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Bulgaria has 15 public holidays and 248 working days in 2026.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/bulgaria/2026/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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