Public holidays in Ghana 2025
Ghana has 17 public holidays in 2025. 15 fall on a weekday and 2 on the weekend, which leaves 246 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
17public holidays
15weekday days off
246working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Tuesday | Constitution Day | |
| Thursday | Independence Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid-ul-Fitr | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Public Holiday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Thursday | Workers' Day | |
| Friday | Eid-ul-Adha | |
| Tuesday | Republic Day | |
| Friday | Public Holiday | |
| Sunday weekend | Founder's Day | |
| Monday | Public Holiday | |
| Friday | Farmers' Day | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day | |
| Friday | Boxing 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 | 2 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 15 | 246 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 4 daysSat 29 March to Tue 1 April 2025Eid-ul-Fitr, Public Holiday
- 4 daysFri 18 to Mon 21 April 2025Good Friday, Easter Monday
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 June 2025Eid-ul-Adha
- 3 daysFri 4 to Sun 6 July 2025Public Holiday
- 3 daysSat 20 to Mon 22 September 2025Founder's Day, Public Holiday
- 3 daysFri 5 to Sun 7 December 2025Farmers' Day
- 4 daysThu 25 to Sun 28 December 2025Christmas Day, Boxing 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 2025Constitution Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 7 March 2025 for Thu 6 to Sun 9 March 2025Independence Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 May 2025Workers' Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 30 June 2025 for Sat 28 June to Tue 1 July 2025Republic Day
Questions about 2025 in Ghana
- How many working days are there in Ghana in 2025?
- 246 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 15 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Ghana have in 2025?
- 17 public holidays. 2 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Eid-ul-Fitr (30 March 2025), Founder's Day (21 September 2025).
- 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 2026?
- See public holidays in Ghana 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Ghana has 17 public holidays and 246 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/ghana/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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