Public holidays in Lithuania, 2028
Lithuania observes 14 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Naujieji metai |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 16 Feb | Wednesday | The Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 11 Mar | Saturday Weekend | Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Velykos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Antroji Velykų diena |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | International Working Day Tarptautinė darbo diena |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 24 Jun | Saturday Weekend | St. John's Day Joninės, Rasos |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 6 Jul | Thursday | Statehood Day Valstybės diena |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Aug | Tuesday | Assumption Day Žolinė |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Nov | Wednesday | All Saints' Day Visų šventųjų diena |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Nov | Thursday | All Souls' Day Vėlinės |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 Dec | Sunday Weekend | Christmas Eve Šv. Kūčios |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day Šv. Kalėdos |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 26 Dec | Tuesday | St. Stephen's Day Šv. Kalėdos |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 9 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Lithuania. 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.
5 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (11 Mar), Easter Sunday (16 Apr), St. John's Day (24 Jun), Christmas Eve (24 Dec). 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 March at 23 days; the shortest is December 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 Q4, carrying 61 working days across October, November, December.
Compared with 2027, which held 252 working days, 2028 is 1 working day shorter. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2028, Lithuania's 14 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 75th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.
The holidays produce 3 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 23 December 2028 to 26 December 2028, built around Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and St. Stephen's Day. A further 3 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.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: Easter Sunday, Easter Monday. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.