Public holidays in Micronesia, 2025
Micronesia observes 8 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 254 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Sat, 11 Jan | Saturday Weekend | Constitution Day | FM-KSA |
| Sat, 1 Mar | Saturday Weekend | Yap Day | FM-YAP |
| Sun, 2 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Yap Day | FM-YAP |
| Mon, 31 Mar | Monday | Culture Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | FM-TRK, FM-PNI |
| Fri, 9 May | Friday | Constitution Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 21 Aug | Thursday | Gospel Day | FM-KSA |
| Mon, 8 Sep | Monday | Liberation Day | FM-KSA |
| Thu, 11 Sep | Thursday | Liberation Day | FM-PNI |
| Wed, 1 Oct | Wednesday | Constitution Day | FM-TRK |
| Fri, 10 Oct | Friday | Teachers' Appreciation Day | FM-TRK |
| Fri, 24 Oct | Friday | United Nations Day | Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Satowan Day | FM-TRK |
| Mon, 3 Nov | Monday | Independence Day | Nationwide |
| Sat, 8 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Constitution Day | FM-PNI |
| Tue, 11 Nov | Tuesday | Veterans Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 23 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Presidents Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 27 Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving | FM-KSA |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Constitution Day | FM-YAP |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
13 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.
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 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Micronesia. 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: Presidents Day (23 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 November 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 62 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Micronesia's 8 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 12th 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 3 days, from 29 March 2025 to 31 March 2025, built around Culture 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.