Public holidays in Mauritius 2024
Mauritius has 15 public holidays in 2024. 12 fall on a weekday and 3 on the weekend, which leaves 250 working days out of 366. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
15public holidays
12weekday days off
250working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | New Year's Day | |
| Tuesday | Day after New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Thaipusam | |
| Thursday | Abolition of Slavery | |
| Saturday weekend | Chinese Spring Festival | |
| Friday | Maha Shivaratri | |
| Tuesday | Independence and Republic Day | |
| Tuesday | Ugadi | |
| Thursday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Wednesday | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Assumption Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Ganesh Chaturthi | |
| Thursday | Diwali | |
| Saturday weekend | Arrival of Indentured Laborers | |
| Wednesday | Christmas 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 | 3 | 20 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 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 | 104 | 12 | 250 |
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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, Day after New Year's Day
- 3 daysFri 8 to Sun 10 March 2024Maha Shivaratri
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 26 January 2024 for Thu 25 to Sun 28 January 2024Thaipusam
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 February 2024 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 February 2024Abolition of Slavery
- 5 daysTake off Monday 11 March 2024 for Fri 8 to Tue 12 March 2024Maha Shivaratri, Independence and Republic Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 8 April 2024 for Sat 6 to Tue 9 April 2024Ugadi
- 4 daysTake off Friday 12 April 2024 for Thu 11 to Sun 14 April 2024Eid al-Fitr
- 4 daysTake off Friday 16 August 2024 for Thu 15 to Sun 18 August 2024Assumption Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 1 November 2024 for Thu 31 October to Sun 3 November 2024Diwali, Arrival of Indentured Laborers
Questions about 2024 in Mauritius
- How many working days are there in Mauritius in 2024?
- 250 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 12 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Mauritius have in 2024?
- 15 public holidays. 3 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Chinese Spring Festival (10 February 2024), Ganesh Chaturthi (8 September 2024), Arrival of Indentured Laborers (2 November 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Mauritius?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Mauritius 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Mauritius has 15 public holidays and 250 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/mauritius/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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