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Public holidays in Central African Republic, 2025

Central African Republic observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.

2025 2026 2027 2028
12Public holidays
251Working days
104Weekend days
2Fall on a weekend
2,008Hours at 8 per day

Every public holiday in 2025

Central African Republic, 2025. Dates marked as falling on a weekend do not create an extra day away from work.
Date Day Holiday Scope
Wed, 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day Nationwide
Sat, 29 Mar Saturday Weekend Barthelemy Boganda Day Nationwide
Mon, 21 Apr Monday Easter Monday Nationwide
Thu, 1 May Thursday Labour Day Nationwide
Thu, 29 May Thursday Ascension Day Nationwide
Mon, 9 Jun Monday Whit Monday Nationwide
Mon, 30 Jun Monday General Prayer Day Nationwide
Wed, 13 Aug Wednesday Independence Day Nationwide
Fri, 15 Aug Friday Assumption Day Nationwide
Sat, 1 Nov Saturday Weekend All Saints Day Nationwide
Mon, 1 Dec Monday National Day Nationwide
Thu, 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day Nationwide

Working days month by month

Calendar days less weekends and nationwide public holidays.
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 1 21 168
May 31 9 2 20 160
June 30 9 2 19 152
July 31 8 0 23 184
August 31 10 2 19 152
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 10 251 2,008

Reading these figures

The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Central African Republic. 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.

2 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Barthelemy Boganda Day (29 Mar), All Saints Day (1 Nov). 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 August at 19. That spread of 4 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 60 working days across April, May, June.

Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Central African Republic's 12 nationwide holidays put it exactly at the median of 12, around the 53rd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.

The holidays produce 5 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 19 April 2025 to 21 April 2025, built around Easter Monday. A further 4 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.

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