Public Holidays in Ethiopia 2024

Complete list of 13 public holidays and observances in Ethiopia for 2024. Dates, days, and holiday types.

End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)March 20, 2026

Today

13 Public Holidays

255 Working Days

111 Days Off

3 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 7	Sunday	Christmas Day	Public
Jan 19	Friday	Epiphany	Public
Mar 2	Saturday	Victory at Adwa Day	Public
Mar 11	Monday	First day of Ramadan	Public
Mar 28	Thursday	Day of Lament	Public
Apr 10	Wednesday	End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)	Public
May 3	Friday	Good Friday	Public
May 5	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Public
May 28	Tuesday	Derg Downfall Day	Public
Jun 16	Sunday	Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)	Public
Sep 12	Thursday	New Year's Day	Public
Sep 15	Sunday	Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)	Public
Sep 28	Saturday	Finding of the True Cross	Public

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Long Weekends in 2024

Ethiopia has 3 long weekends in 2024 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

January 19, 2024 — January 21, 2024 3 days

Epiphany

March 9, 2024 — March 11, 2024 3 days

First day of Ramadan

May 3, 2024 — May 5, 2024 3 days

Good Friday, Easter Sunday

Holidays by Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Holiday Breakdown

7 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

6 On Weekends

Already non-working days

Calendar

January

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

February

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29

March

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

April

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

May

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

June

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

July

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

August

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

September

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

October

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

November

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

December

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

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