Public holidays in Papua New Guinea 2025
Papua New Guinea has 11 public holidays in 2025. 10 fall on a weekday and 1 on the weekend, which leaves 251 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
11public holidays
10weekday days off
251working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Wednesday | Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Tuesday | King's Birthday | |
| Wednesday | Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day | |
| Tuesday | National Repentance Day | |
| Tuesday | Independence 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 | 1 | 22 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 |
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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 daysFri 18 to Mon 21 April 2025Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
- 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 16 June 2025 for Sat 14 to Tue 17 June 2025King's Birthday
- 4 daysTake off Monday 25 August 2025 for Sat 23 to Tue 26 August 2025National Repentance Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 15 September 2025 for Sat 13 to Tue 16 September 2025Independence Day
Questions about 2025 in Papua New Guinea
- How many working days are there in Papua New Guinea in 2025?
- 251 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 10 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Papua New Guinea have in 2025?
- 11 public holidays. 1 falls on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Easter Sunday (20 April 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Papua New Guinea?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Papua New Guinea 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Papua New Guinea has 11 public holidays and 251 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/papua-new-guinea/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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