Public holidays in Kazakhstan 2024
Kazakhstan has 16 public holidays in 2024. 12 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, with 2 substitute days off marked as observed, which leaves 249 working days out of 366. 1 weekend day is official working days and counted as such. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
16public holidays
14weekday days off, substitutes included
249working days in 2024
103weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | New Year's Day | |
| Tuesday | New Year's Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Orthodox Christmas | |
| Friday | International Women's Day | |
| Thursday | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Friday | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Saturday weekend | Nowruz Holiday | |
| Monday | Nowruz Holiday observed | |
| Wednesday | Kazakhstan's People Solidarity Holiday | |
| Tuesday | Defender of the Fatherland Day | |
| Wednesday | Day off (substituted from 05/04/2024) | |
| Thursday | Victory Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid al-Adha | |
| Saturday weekend | Capital Day | |
| Monday | Capital Day observed | |
| Friday | Constitution Day | |
| Friday | Republic Day | |
| Monday | Independence Day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Weekend days that are official working days in 2024: Sat 4 May 2024. They are counted as working days in the table below and in the calculator.
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 | 4 | 17 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 103 | 14 | 249 |
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Oct22 wd
Nov21 wd
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2024
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 4 daysSat 30 December 2023 to Tue 2 January 2024New Year's Day
- 3 daysFri 8 to Sun 10 March 2024International Women's Day
- 5 daysThu 21 to Mon 25 March 2024Nowruz Holiday
- 3 daysTue 7 to Thu 9 May 2024Defender of the Fatherland Day, Day off (substituted from 05/04/2024), Victory Day
- 3 daysSat 6 to Mon 8 July 2024Capital Day
- 3 daysFri 30 August to Sun 1 September 2024Constitution Day
- 3 daysFri 25 to Sun 27 October 2024Republic Day
- 3 daysSat 14 to Mon 16 December 2024Independence Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 5 daysTake off Monday 6 May 2024 for Sun 5 to Thu 9 May 2024Defender of the Fatherland Day, Day off (substituted from 05/04/2024), Victory Day
- 6 daysTake off Friday 10 May 2024 for Tue 7 to Sun 12 May 2024Defender of the Fatherland Day, Day off (substituted from 05/04/2024), Victory Day
Questions about 2024 in Kazakhstan
- How many working days are there in Kazakhstan in 2024?
- 249 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 103 of them weekend days and 14 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Kazakhstan have in 2024?
- 16 public holidays, plus 2 substitute days off. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Orthodox Christmas (7 January 2024), Nowruz Holiday (23 March 2024), Eid al-Adha (16 June 2024), Capital Day (6 July 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Kazakhstan?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Kazakhstan 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Kazakhstan has 16 public holidays and 249 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/kazakhstan/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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