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2025 Holidays for Papua New Guinea
- New Year's Day
- Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Easter Monday
- King's Birthday
- Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day
- National Repentance Day
- Independence Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
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Public holidays in Papua New Guinea in 2025
Papua New Guinea has 11 public holidays in 2025. 1 of them falls on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The month with the most public holidays is April (3).
All public holidays in Papua New Guinea in 2025
- New Year's Day – Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Good Friday – Friday, April 18, 2025
- Easter Sunday – Sunday, April 20, 2025
- Easter Monday – Monday, April 21, 2025
- King's Birthday – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day – Wednesday, July 23, 2025
- National Repentance Day – Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- Independence Day – Tuesday, September 16, 2025
- Christmas Day – Thursday, December 25, 2025
- Boxing Day – Friday, December 26, 2025
Long weekends and bridge days in Papua New Guinea in 2025
The weekend in Papua New Guinea: Saturday and Sunday. Papua New Guinea has 2 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.
- Fri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21 – 4 days off (Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday)
- Thu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28 – 4 days off (Christmas Day, Boxing Day)
Bridge days: a few days off, a long break
- Take 2 days off (Mon, Dec 30 and Tue, Dec 31): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Dec 28 – Wed, Jan 1 (New Year's Day)
- Take 2 days off (Thu, Jan 2 and Fri, Jan 3): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 5 (New Year's Day)
- Take 2 days off (Mon, Feb 24 and Tue, Feb 25): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Feb 22 – Wed, Feb 26 (Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day)
- Take 2 days off (Thu, Feb 27 and Fri, Feb 28): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Feb 26 – Sun, Mar 2 (Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Remembrance Day)
- Take Mon, Jun 16 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Jun 14 – Tue, Jun 17 (King's Birthday)
- Take 2 days off (Mon, Jul 21 and Tue, Jul 22): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Jul 19 – Wed, Jul 23 (Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day)
- Take 2 days off (Thu, Jul 24 and Fri, Jul 25): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Jul 23 – Sun, Jul 27 (Papua New Guinea Remembrance Day)
- Take Mon, Aug 25 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Aug 23 – Tue, Aug 26 (National Repentance Day)
- Take Mon, Sep 15 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Sep 13 – Tue, Sep 16 (Independence Day)
2025 at a glance
- 2025 has 365 days.
- 2025 starts on a Wednesday and ends on a Wednesday.
- 2025 has the same calendar as 2014 and 2031.
- Public holidays in Papua New Guinea: 11
Monthly calendars for 2025
- January 2025 – 1 holiday
- February 2025 – 1 holiday
- March 2025 – 0 holidays
- April 2025 – 3 holidays
- May 2025 – 0 holidays
- June 2025 – 1 holiday
- July 2025 – 1 holiday
- August 2025 – 1 holiday
- September 2025 – 1 holiday
- October 2025 – 0 holidays
- November 2025 – 0 holidays
- December 2025 – 2 holidays