Public holidays in Slovenia, 2025
Slovenia observes 21 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 248 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day novo leto |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day novo leto |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 8 Feb | Saturday Weekend | Prešeren Day Prešernov dan |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 27 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Day of Uprising Against Occupation dan upora proti okupatorju |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 May | Friday | Labour Day praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 May | Friday | Primož Trubar Day dan Primoža Trubarja |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost binkoštna nedelja |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 25 Jun | Wednesday | Statehood Day dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 14 Aug | Thursday | Sovereignty Day dan suverenosti |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Assumption Day Marijino vnebovzetje |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Unification of Prekmurje Slovenes with the Mother Nation združitev prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 15 Sep | Monday | Integration of Primorska into the Homeland priključitev Primorske k matični domovini |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 23 Sep | Tuesday | Slovenian Sports Day dan slovenskega športa |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 31 Oct | Friday | Reformation Day dan reformacije |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Day of the Dead dan spomina na mrtve |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 23 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Rudolf Maister Day dan Rudolfa Maistra |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day božič |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | Independence and Unity Day dan samostojnosti in enotnosti |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Slovenia. 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.
6 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Prešeren Day (8 Feb), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Day of Uprising Against Occupation (27 Apr), Pentecost (8 Jun), Day of the Dead (1 Nov), Rudolf Maister 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 August 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 Q2, carrying 61 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Slovenia's 21 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 97th 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 4 days, from 1 May 2025 to 4 May 2025, built around Labour Day and Primož Trubar 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.