Public holidays in Libya, 2025
Libya observes 5 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 256 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 17 Feb | Monday | Revolution Day يوم ثورة 17 فبراير |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day عيد العمال |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 16 Sep | Tuesday | Martyrs' Day يوم الشهيد |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 23 Oct | Thursday | Liberation Day يوم التحرير |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Independence Day عيد الاستقلال |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 5 | 256 | 2,048 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Friday and Saturday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Libya. 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.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is February 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 Q1, carrying 63 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Libya's 5 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 5th 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 3 days, from 1 May 2025 to 3 May 2025, built around Labour Day. 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.