Public holidays in Ghana 2024
Ghana has 17 public holidays in 2024. 13 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, which leaves 249 working days out of 366. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
17public holidays
13weekday days off
249working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | New Year's Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Constitution Day | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Thursday | Eid-ul-Fitr | |
| Wednesday | Workers' Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid-ul-Adha | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Sunday weekend | Founders' Day | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Saturday weekend | Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Friday | Farmers' Day | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day | |
| Thursday | Boxing Day |
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 | 2 | 21 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 104 | 13 | 249 |
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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 6 to Mon 8 January 2024Constitution Day, Public Holiday
- 4 daysFri 29 March to Mon 1 April 2024Good Friday, Easter Monday
- 3 daysSat 15 to Mon 17 June 2024Eid-ul-Adha, Public Holiday
- 3 daysSat 3 to Mon 5 August 2024Founders' Day, Public Holiday
- 3 daysSat 21 to Mon 23 September 2024Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, Public Holiday
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 December 2024Farmers' Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 12 April 2024 for Thu 11 to Sun 14 April 2024Eid-ul-Fitr
- 5 daysTake off Friday 27 December 2024 for Wed 25 to Sun 29 December 2024Christmas Day, Boxing Day
Questions about 2024 in Ghana
- How many working days are there in Ghana in 2024?
- 249 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 13 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Ghana have in 2024?
- 17 public holidays. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Constitution Day (7 January 2024), Eid-ul-Adha (16 June 2024), Founders' Day (4 August 2024), Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (21 September 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Ghana?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Ghana 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Ghana has 17 public holidays and 249 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/ghana/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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