Public Holidays in Ghana 2024

Complete list of 17 public holidays and observances in Ghana for 2024. Dates, days, and holiday types.

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

Today

16 Public Holidays

250 Working Days

116 Days Off

5 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 1	Monday	New Year's Day	Public
Jan 7	Sunday	Constitution Day	Public
Mar 6	Wednesday	Independence Day	Public
Mar 29	Friday	Good Friday	Public
Mar 31	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Observance
Apr 1	Monday	Easter Monday	Public
Apr 10	Wednesday	End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)	Public
May 1	Wednesday	Labour Day	Public
Jun 16	Sunday	Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)	Public
Jun 17	Monday	Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (substitute day)	Public
Aug 4	Sunday	Founders Day	Public
Aug 5	Monday	Founders Day (substitute day)	Public
Sep 21	Saturday	Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day	Public
Sep 23	Monday	Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (substitute day)	Public
Dec 6	Friday	Farmers Day	Public
Dec 25	Wednesday	Christmas Day	Public
Dec 26	Thursday	Boxing Day	Public

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Long Weekends in 2024

Ghana has 5 long weekends in 2024 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

March 29, 2024 — April 1, 2024 4 days

Good Friday, Easter Monday

June 15, 2024 — June 17, 2024 3 days

Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (substitute day)

August 3, 2024 — August 5, 2024 3 days

Founders Day, Founders Day (substitute day)

September 21, 2024 — September 23, 2024 3 days

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (substitute day)

December 6, 2024 — December 8, 2024 3 days

Farmers Day

Holidays by Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Holiday Breakdown

12 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

4 On Weekends

Already non-working days

1 Observances

Recognized but not days off

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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