Public holidays in Tonga, 2025
Tonga observes 10 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | Nationwide |
| Wed, 4 Jun | Wednesday | Emancipation Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 4 Jul | Friday | Birthday of the reigning Sovereign of Tonga | Nationwide |
| Wed, 17 Sep | Wednesday | Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga | Nationwide |
| Tue, 4 Nov | Tuesday | Constitution Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 4 Dec | Thursday | Anniversary of the Coronation of H.M. King George Tubou I | Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
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 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Tonga. 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 October at 23 days; the shortest is November 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 62 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Tonga's 10 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 25th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 3 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 18 April 2025 to 21 April 2025, built around Good Friday and Easter Monday. 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.