Public holidays in Ethiopia 2025
Ethiopia has 13 public holidays in 2025. 8 fall on a weekday and 5 on the weekend, which leaves 253 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
13public holidays
8weekday days off
253working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Christmas Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Epiphany | |
| Sunday weekend | Adwa Victory Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Thursday | International Workers' Day | |
| Monday | Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day | |
| Wednesday | Downfall of the Dergue Regime Day | |
| Friday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Friday | Prophet's Birthday | |
| Thursday | Ethiopian New Year | |
| Saturday weekend | Finding of True Cross |
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 | 0 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 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 | 0 | 23 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 8 | 253 |
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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 daysFri 18 to Sun 20 April 2025Good Friday, Easter Sunday
- 3 daysSat 3 to Mon 5 May 2025Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 June 2025Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 5 to Sun 7 September 2025Prophet's Birthday
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 2025Christmas Day
- 5 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Mon 5 May 2025International Workers' Day, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 12 September 2025 for Thu 11 to Sun 14 September 2025Ethiopian New Year
Questions about 2025 in Ethiopia
- How many working days are there in Ethiopia in 2025?
- 253 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 8 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Ethiopia have in 2025?
- 13 public holidays. 5 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Epiphany (19 January 2025), Adwa Victory Day (2 March 2025), Eid al-Fitr (30 March 2025), Easter Sunday (20 April 2025), Finding of True Cross (27 September 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Ethiopia?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Ethiopia 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Ethiopia has 13 public holidays and 253 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/ethiopia/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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