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Sao Tome and Principe 2025 Public Holidays

13 public holidays

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

2025 Holiday List · Sao Tome and Principe

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

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Wednesday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Jan 3 Friday Day off for Day of King Amador Public holiday
Jan 4 Saturday Day of King Amador Public holiday
Feb 3 Monday Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre Public holiday
May 1 Thursday Labour Day Public holiday 1 May in most countries.
Jul 11 Friday Day off for Independence Day Public holiday The next available weekday when the national day falls on a weekend.
Jul 12 Saturday Independence Day Public holiday The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.
Sep 5 Friday Day off for Armed Forces' Day Public holiday
Sep 6 Saturday Armed Forces Day Public holiday Varies by country.
Sep 30 Tuesday Nationalization of the Roças Public holiday
Dec 21 Sunday São Tomé Day Public holiday
Dec 22 Monday Day off for São Tomé 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.
Show 4 observances and other marked dates
Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Mar 20 Thursday March Equinox Observance Around 20 March.
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.

Labour 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.

Day off for Independence Day

The next available weekday when the national day falls on a weekend.

The substitute day for a country's independence day.

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.

Armed Forces Day

Varies by country.

Honours a country's armed forces, usually on the anniversary of their founding.

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.

Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com