Public holidays in Ethiopia 2024

13 nationwide public holidays in 2024.

Next nationwide holiday in Ethiopia

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

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Nationwide holidays 2024

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
7 January Sunday	Sunday	Christmas Day Religious የገና ወይም የልደት በዓል	የገና ወይም የልደት በዓል
20 January Saturday	Saturday	Epiphany Religious የጥምቀት በዓል	የጥምቀት በዓል
2 March Saturday	Saturday	Adwa Victory Day National day የአድዋ ድል በዓል	የአድዋ ድል በዓል
10 April Wednesday	Wednesday	Eid al-Fitr Religious የኢድ አልፈጥር	የኢድ አልፈጥር
1 May Wednesday	Wednesday	International Workers' Day የዓለም የሠራተኞች (የላብአደሮች) ቀን	የዓለም የሠራተኞች (የላብአደሮች) ቀን
3 May Friday	Friday	Good Friday Religious የስቅለት በዓል	የስቅለት በዓል
5 May Sunday	Sunday	Easter Sunday Religious የትንሳኤ(ፋሲካ) በዓል	የትንሳኤ(ፋሲካ) በዓል
5 May Sunday	Sunday	Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day National day የአርበኞች (የድል) ቀን በዓል	የአርበኞች (የድል) ቀን በዓል
28 May Tuesday	Tuesday	Downfall of the Dergue Regime Day ደርግ የወደቀበት ቀን	ደርግ የወደቀበት ቀን
16 June Sunday	Sunday	Eid al-Adha Religious የኢድ አልአድሃ (አረፋ)	የኢድ አልአድሃ (አረፋ)
11 September Wednesday	Wednesday	Ethiopian New Year የዘመን መለወጫ (እንቁጣጣሽ) በዓል	የዘመን መለወጫ (እንቁጣጣሽ) በዓል
15 September Sunday	Sunday	Prophet's Birthday Religious የመውሊድ በዓል	የመውሊድ በዓል
27 September Friday	Friday	Finding of True Cross Religious የመስቀል በዓል	የመስቀል በዓል

Long weekends and bridge days 2024

Based on nationwide holidays and the weekend in Ethiopia (Saturday and Sunday). Regional, local and group holidays are not included.

Long weekends

Fri 3 May – Sun 5 May · 3 days off
Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day
Typically in Addis Ababa: high 24°C (75°F), low 12°C (54°F), rain on 64% of days
Fri 27 Sep – Sun 29 Sep · 3 days off
Finding of True Cross
Typically in Addis Ababa: high 21°C (70°F), low 11°C (52°F), rain on 70% of days

Bridge days

Thu 2 May: take 1 day off, get 5 days in a row (Wed 1 May – Sun 5 May)
International Workers' Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day
Typically in Addis Ababa: high 24°C (75°F), low 12°C (54°F), rain on 67% of days
Mon 27 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 25 May – Tue 28 May)
Downfall of the Dergue Regime Day
Typically in Addis Ababa: high 25°C (77°F), low 12°C (54°F), rain on 57% of days

Leave planner 2024

Choose how many leave days you can take for one break. The planner finds the breaks that give the most days off in a row around nationwide holidays and weekends, and marks the leave days on the calendar below.

Leave days per break: 3

Longest break with up to 3 leave days: Sat 27 Apr – Sun 5 May — 9 days off for 3 leave days (Mon 29 Apr, Tue 30 Apr, Thu 2 May).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Fri 5 Jan) get 3 days in a rowFri 5 Jan – Sun 7 Jan · Christmas DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 19 Jan) get 3 days in a rowFri 19 Jan – Sun 21 Jan · EpiphanyShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 1 Mar) get 3 days in a rowFri 1 Mar – Sun 3 Mar · Adwa Victory DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 2 May) get 5 days in a rowWed 1 May – Sun 5 May · International Workers' Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Mon 27 May) get 4 days in a rowSat 25 May – Tue 28 May · Downfall of the Dergue Regime DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 26 Sep) get 4 days in a rowThu 26 Sep – Sun 29 Sep · Finding of True CrossShow on calendar ↓