Public holidays in French Guiana, 2025
French Guiana observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 250 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Jour de l'An |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Lundi de Pâques |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Fête du Travail |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 8 May | Thursday | Victory Day Fête de la Victoire 1945 |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 29 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Ascension |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 9 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday Lundi de Pentecôte |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 10 Jun | Tuesday | Emancipation Day Abolition de l'Esclavage |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 14 Jul | Monday | National Day Fête Nationale |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Assumption Day Assomption |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | All Saints' Day Toussaint |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 11 Nov | Tuesday | Armistice Day Armistice de 1918 |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Noël |
Nationwide |
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 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in French Guiana. 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.
1 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore adds no time away from work: 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 October at 23 days; the shortest is November 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 59 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, French Guiana'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 4 days, from 7 June 2025 to 10 June 2025, built around Whit Monday and Emancipation Day. A further 5 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.