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Eswatini 2025 Public Holidays

14 public holidays

  • Public holiday — A nationwide day off.
January 1 holidays
February
March 1 holidays
April 4 holidays
May 2 holidays
June
July 1 holidays
August
September 2 holidays
October
November
December 2 holidays

2025 Holiday List · Eswatini

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

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Wednesday New Year Public holiday 1 January.
Mar 10 Monday Lutsango Day Public holiday
Apr 18 Friday Good Friday Public holiday The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Apr 19 Saturday Birthday of King Mswati III Public holiday
Apr 21 Monday Easter Monday Public holiday The Monday after Easter Sunday.
Apr 25 Friday National Flag Day Public holiday
May 1 Thursday May Day Public holiday 1 May, or in some countries the first Monday of May.
May 29 Thursday Ascension Day Public holiday The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
Jul 22 Tuesday Birthday of the late King Sobhuza Public holiday
Sep 6 Saturday Somhlolo Day Public holiday
Sep 8 Monday Day off for Somhlolo Day Public holiday
Sep 8 Monday Umhlanga Reed Dance 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 Boxing Day Public holiday 26 December, moving to the next 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.

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.

May Day

1 May, or in some countries the first Monday of May.

1 May, combining an older spring festival with International Workers' Day. The United Kingdom and Ireland move the day off to the first Monday of the month.

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.

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.

Boxing Day

26 December, moving to the next weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The second day of Christmas, a public holiday across the Commonwealth and much of Europe. Known as St Stephen's Day in Ireland, Italy and Central Europe, and as the Second Day of Christmas in the Nordics and the Netherlands.

Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com