Public holidays in Rwanda 2025
Rwanda has 15 public holidays in 2025. 14 fall on a weekday and 1 on the weekend, with 1 substitute day off marked as observed, which leaves 246 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
15public holidays
15weekday days off, substitutes included
246working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Day after New Year's Day | |
| Saturday weekend | National Heroes' Day | |
| Monday | National Heroes' Day observed | |
| Monday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Monday | Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Thursday | Labor Day | |
| Friday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Tuesday | Independence Day | |
| Friday | Liberation Day | |
| Friday | Umuganura Day | |
| Friday | Assumption Day | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day | |
| Friday | Boxing Day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
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 | 1 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 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 | 2 | 19 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 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.
- 3 daysSat 1 to Mon 3 February 2025National Heroes' Day
- 3 daysSat 29 to Mon 31 March 2025Eid al-Fitr
- 3 daysSat 5 to Mon 7 April 2025Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994
- 4 daysFri 18 to Mon 21 April 2025Good Friday, Easter Monday
- 3 daysFri 6 to Sun 8 June 2025Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 4 to Sun 6 July 2025Liberation Day
- 3 daysFri 1 to Sun 3 August 2025Umuganura Day
- 3 daysFri 15 to Sun 17 August 2025Assumption 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.
- 5 daysTake off Friday 3 January 2025 for Wed 1 to Sun 5 January 2025New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 May 2025Labor Day
- 4 daysTake off Monday 30 June 2025 for Sat 28 June to Tue 1 July 2025Independence Day
Questions about 2025 in Rwanda
- How many working days are there in Rwanda 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 Rwanda have in 2025?
- 15 public holidays, plus 1 substitute day off. 1 falls on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- National Heroes' Day (1 February 2025).
- 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 2026?
- See public holidays in Rwanda 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Rwanda has 15 public holidays and 246 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/rwanda/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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