Public holidays in Estonia, 2025
Estonia observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day uusaasta |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 24 Feb | Monday | Independence Day iseseisvuspäev |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday suur reede |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday ülestõusmispühade 1. püha |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Spring Day kevadpüha |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost nelipühade 1. püha |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 23 Jun | Monday | Victory Day võidupüha and jaanilaupäev |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 24 Jun | Tuesday | Midsummer Day jaanipäev |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 20 Aug | Wednesday | Day of Restoration of Independence taasiseseisvumispäev |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Christmas Eve jõululaupäev |
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| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day esimene jõulupüha |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | St. Stephen's Day teine jõulupüha |
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Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 Estonia. 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: Easter Sunday (20 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 June 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 61 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Estonia'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 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 24 December 2025 to 28 December 2025, built around Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and St. Stephen's 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.