Public holidays in Haiti, 2025
Haiti observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 245 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Jour de l'an |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Jan | Thursday | Ancestry Day Jour des Aieux |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Epiphany Le Jour des Rois |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Mar | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 4 Mar | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 5 Mar | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday Mercredi Des Cendres |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jeudi saint |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vendredi saint |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Pâques |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour and Agriculture Day Fête du Travail / Fête des Travailleurs |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 18 May | Sunday Weekend | Flag and Universities Day Jour du Drapeau et de l'Université |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 29 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Ascension |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 19 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fête-Dieu |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Assumption of Mary L'Assomption de Marie |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 17 Oct | Friday | Dessalines Day Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | All Saints Day La Toussaint |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Nov | Sunday Weekend | All Souls' Day Jour des Morts |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 18 Nov | Tuesday | Battle of Vertières Day Vertières |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 5 Dec | Friday | Discovery Day Découverte d'Haïti |
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 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 16 | 245 | 1,960 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Haiti. 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.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Flag and Universities Day (18 May), All Saints Day (1 Nov), All Souls' Day (2 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 March at 18. That spread of 5 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 58 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Haiti's 20 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 96th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 1 March 2025 to 5 March 2025, built around Carnival and Ash Wednesday. A further 6 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.