Public holidays in Ghana, 2025
Ghana has 15 public holidays in 2025. 13 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend — which is the number that decides how many days off you actually get.
15 of 15 holidays
- 01 01 New Year's Day Wednesday
- 07 01 Constitution Day Tuesday
- 06 03 Independence Day Thursday
- 30 03 End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 31 03 End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (substitute day) Monday
- 18 04 Good Friday Friday
- 21 04 Easter Monday Monday
- 01 05 Labour Day Thursday
- 06 06 Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) Friday
- 04 08 Founders Day Monday
- 21 09 Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day Sunday · falls on a weekend
- 22 09 Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day (substitute day) Monday
- 05 12 Farmers Day Friday
- 25 12 Christmas Day Thursday
- 26 12 Boxing Day Friday
2025 at a glance
Every day of the year. Filled squares are public holidays; the pale ones are weekends. A holiday touching a weekend is a long one.
Holidays you have, and days off you get
These are the two different questions this page answers. A country can have a long list of public holidays and still give you fewer days away from work than a neighbour with a shorter list, purely because of which weekday they fall on. Only some countries substitute a weekday when a holiday lands on a weekend; where they do not, the holiday simply passes.
FAQ
How many public holidays does Ghana have in 2025?
15, of which 13 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend.
Why does it matter which fall on a weekend?
Because a holiday on a Saturday is a holiday you do not get. 2 of Ghana's land on one, and most countries do not move them.