Public holidays in Montenegro, 2025
Montenegro observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 246 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 7 Jan | Tuesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 8 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Veliki petak |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 May | Friday | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 21 May | Wednesday | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 22 May | Thursday | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 13 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 14 Jul | Monday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Catholic All Saints' Day Svi Sveti |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Catholic Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Catholic Christmas Day Božić |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | Catholic St. Stephen's Day Božić |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 15 | 246 | 1,968 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Montenegro. 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.
3 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Statehood Day (13 Jul), Catholic 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 May 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 59 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Montenegro'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 5 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 4 January 2025 to 8 January 2025, built around Orthodox Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Orthodox). 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.