Public holidays in Eritrea 2025
Eritrea has 15 public holidays in 2025. 9 fall on a weekday and 6 on the weekend, which leaves 252 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
15public holidays
9weekday days off
252working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas | |
| Sunday weekend | Epiphany | |
| Saturday weekend | Women's Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid al-Fitr estimated | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sunday weekend | Orthodox Easter | |
| Thursday | International Workers' Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Independence Day | |
| Friday | Eid al-Adha estimated | |
| Friday | Martyrs' Day | |
| Monday | Revolution Day | |
| Thursday | Prophet's Birthday estimated | |
| Thursday | Ethiopian New Year | |
| Saturday weekend | Finding of the True Cross |
Estimated marks a date set by a lunar or astronomical calendar that the authorities have not confirmed yet; it can move by a day.
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 | 2 | 21 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 |
public holidayweekendbridge day
Jan21 wd
Feb20 wd
Mar21 wd
Apr21 wd
May21 wd
Jun19 wd
Jul23 wd
Aug21 wd
Sep19 wd
Oct23 wd
Nov20 wd
Dec23 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysFri 18 to Sun 20 April 2025Good Friday, Orthodox Easter
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 June 2025Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 20 to Sun 22 June 2025Martyrs' Day
- 3 daysSat 30 August to Mon 1 September 2025Revolution Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Monday 6 January 2025 for Sat 4 to Tue 7 January 2025Orthodox Christmas
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 May 2025International Workers' Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 5 September 2025 for Thu 4 to Sun 7 September 2025Prophet's Birthday
- 4 daysTake off Friday 12 September 2025 for Thu 11 to Sun 14 September 2025Ethiopian New Year
Questions about 2025 in Eritrea
- How many working days are there in Eritrea in 2025?
- 252 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 9 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Eritrea have in 2025?
- 15 public holidays. 6 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Epiphany (19 January 2025), Women's Day (8 March 2025), Eid al-Fitr (30 March 2025), Orthodox Easter (20 April 2025), Independence Day (24 May 2025), Finding of the True Cross (27 September 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Eritrea?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Eritrea 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Eritrea has 15 public holidays and 252 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/eritrea/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
Machine readable: JSON, Markdown, ICS, CSV.