Public holidays in Rwanda 2024
Rwanda has 15 public holidays in 2024. 13 fall on a weekday and 2 on the weekend, with 1 substitute day off marked as observed, which leaves 248 working days out of 366. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
15public holidays
14weekday days off, substitutes included
248working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | New Year's Day | |
| Tuesday | Day after New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | National Heroes' Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Sunday weekend | Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 | |
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Wednesday | Labor Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Eid al-Adha | |
| Monday | Eid al-Adha observed | |
| Monday | Independence Day | |
| Thursday | Liberation Day | |
| Friday | Umuganura Day | |
| Thursday | Assumption Day | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day | |
| Thursday | Boxing Day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
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 | 1 | 20 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 104 | 14 | 248 |
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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
- 4 daysFri 29 March to Mon 1 April 2024Good Friday, Easter Monday
- 3 daysSat 15 to Mon 17 June 2024Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysSat 29 June to Mon 1 July 2024Independence Day
- 3 daysFri 2 to Sun 4 August 2024Umuganura Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 February 2024 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 February 2024National Heroes' Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 5 July 2024 for Thu 4 to Sun 7 July 2024Liberation Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 16 August 2024 for Thu 15 to Sun 18 August 2024Assumption Day
- 5 daysTake off Friday 27 December 2024 for Wed 25 to Sun 29 December 2024Christmas Day, Boxing Day
Questions about 2024 in Rwanda
- How many working days are there in Rwanda in 2024?
- 248 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 14 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Rwanda have in 2024?
- 15 public holidays, plus 1 substitute day off. 2 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 (7 April 2024), Eid al-Adha (16 June 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Rwanda?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Rwanda 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Rwanda has 15 public holidays and 248 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/rwanda/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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