Public holidays in Caribbean Netherlands, 2025
Caribbean Netherlands observes 10 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 254 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nieuwjaarsdag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Goede Vrijdag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Pasen |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Paasmaandag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 27 Apr | Sunday Weekend | King's Birthday | Nationwide |
| Wed, 30 Apr | Wednesday | Rincon Day | BQ-BO |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Dag van de Arbeid |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 29 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Hemelvaartsdag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Pinksteren |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 1 Jul | Tuesday | Emancipation Day | BQ-SE |
| Sat, 6 Sep | Saturday Weekend | Bonaire Flag Day Vlagdag bonaire |
BQ-BO |
| Sun, 16 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Statia Day | BQ-SE |
| Sat, 6 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Saba Flag Day Vlagdag saba |
BQ-SA |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Kerstmis |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | St. Stephen's Day Second Day of Christmas |
Nationwide |
5 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 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Caribbean Netherlands. 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.
3 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (20 Apr), King's Birthday (27 Apr), Pentecost (8 Jun). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
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 Q2, carrying 61 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Caribbean Netherlands's 10 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 25th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 2 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 18 April 2025 to 21 April 2025, built around Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. A further 2 working days are 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.