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Namibia 2025 Public Holidays

17 public holidays

  • Public holiday — A nationwide day off.
January 1 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 7 holidays
June
July
August 1 holidays
September
October
November 1 holidays
December 3 holidays

2025 Holiday List · Namibia

17 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Wednesday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Mar 1 Saturday Burial of Sam Nujoma Public holiday
Mar 21 Friday Independence Day Public holiday The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.
Apr 18 Friday Good Friday Public holiday The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Apr 21 Monday Easter Monday Public holiday The Monday after Easter Sunday.
May 1 Thursday Workers' Day Public holiday 1 May in most countries.
May 4 Sunday Cassinga Day Public holiday
May 5 Monday Cassinga Daysubstitute day Public holiday
May 25 Sunday Africa Day Public holiday 25 May.
May 26 Monday Africa Daysubstitute day Public holiday 25 May.
May 28 Wednesday Genocide Remembrance Day Public holiday
May 29 Thursday Ascension Day Public holiday The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
Aug 26 Tuesday Heroes Day Public holiday Varies by country.
Nov 26 Wednesday Local Election Day Public holiday
Dec 10 Wednesday Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day Public holiday
Dec 25 Thursday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
Dec 26 Friday Family Day Public holiday Varies — the third Monday of February in several Canadian provinces.
Show 5 observances and other marked dates
Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Mar 20 Thursday March Equinox Observance Around 20 March.
Apr 20 Sunday Easter Sunday Observance The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so the date moves between 22 March and 25 April.
Jun 21 Saturday June Solstice Observance Around 21 June.
Sep 22 Monday September Equinox Observance Around 22 September.
Dec 21 Sunday December Solstice Observance Around 21 December.

About these holidays

New Year

1 January.

The start of the Gregorian calendar year. Some sources list this alongside a separate New Year's Day entry when a country grants more than one day off around the turn of the year.

Independence Day

The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.

The national day of a country that gained independence from another state, and typically its most important secular holiday. Over a hundred countries observe one, on dates ranging across the whole calendar.

Good Friday

The Friday before Easter Sunday.

Commemorates the crucifixion, and is the most widely observed Christian public holiday after Christmas. Together with Easter Monday it produces a four-day weekend in much of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America. In several countries it also carries trading or entertainment restrictions beyond the day off itself.

Easter Monday

The Monday after Easter Sunday.

A public holiday across most of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America, extending the Easter weekend to four days. Notably not a holiday in the United States, Portugal or Spain outside Catalonia and the Balearics.

Workers' Day

1 May in most countries.

International Workers' Day, commemorating the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, and a public holiday in most of the world. The United States and Canada are the notable exceptions, holding their Labor Day in September instead.

Africa Day

25 May.

Marks the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, the predecessor of the African Union. A public holiday in several member states.

Ascension Day

The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.

Marks the ascension of Christ, forty days after Easter. Always a Thursday, which makes it a popular bridge day — in France, Germany, the Nordics and the Benelux many people take the Friday off to reach a four-day weekend.

Heroes Day

Varies by country.

Honours the figures a country regards as founders or liberators. Common across the Caribbean, southern Africa and the Philippines.

Christmas Day

25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.

Family Day

Varies — the third Monday of February in several Canadian provinces.

A mid-winter or spring holiday introduced to break up a long stretch without one. Observed in several Canadian provinces, South Africa and Vanuatu.

Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com