Public holidays in Ukraine, 2025
Ukraine observes 11 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 255 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Новий Рік |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 8 Mar | Saturday Weekend | International Women's Day Міжнародний жіночий день |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Великдень |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | International Workers' Day День праці |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 8 May | Thursday | Victory day over Nazism in World War II День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Трійця |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 28 Jun | Saturday Weekend | Constitution Day День Конституції |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Jul | Tuesday | Statehood Day День Української Державності |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 Aug | Sunday Weekend | Independence Day День Незалежності |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Oct | Wednesday | Defender of Ukraine Day День захисників і захисниць України |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Різдво Христове |
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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 | 2,040 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Ukraine. 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: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Pentecost (8 Jun), Constitution Day (28 Jun), Independence Day (24 Aug). 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 January at 22 days; the shortest is November at 20. That spread of 2 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 63 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Ukraine's 11 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 38th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.