Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina observes 4 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 257 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nova Godina |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Nova Godina |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Christmas Eve (Orthodox) Božić (za pravoslavce) |
BA-SRP |
| Tue, 7 Jan | Tuesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić (za pravoslavce) |
BA-SRP |
| Sat, 1 Mar | Saturday Weekend | Independence day Dan nezavisnosti Bosne i Hercegovine |
BA-BIH |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Veliki petak |
BA-SRP |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Vaskrs (Uskrs) |
BA-SRP |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Vaskrsni (Uskrsni) ponedeljak |
BA-SRP |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | May Day / International Workers' Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 May | Friday | May Day / International Workers' Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 9 May | Friday | Victory Day over fascism Dan pobjede nad fašizmom |
BA-SRP |
| Fri, 21 Nov | Friday | Day of the establishment of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in BiH Dan uspostavljanja Opšteg okvirnog sporazuma za mir u BiH |
BA-SRP |
| Tue, 25 Nov | Tuesday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti Bosne i Hercegovine |
BA-BIH |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Christmas Eve (Roman Catholic) Božić (za rimokatolike) |
BA-BIH |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day (Roman Catholic) Božić (za rimokatolike) |
BA-BIH |
11 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 4 | 257 | 2,056 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is November at 20. That spread of 3 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 62 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina's 4 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 2nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 1 break of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 1 May 2025 to 4 May 2025, built around May Day / International Workers' Day. A further 1 working day is stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.