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2025 Holidays for Rwanda

  • New Year's Day (Ubunani)
  • Day after New Year's Day (Umunsi ukurikira Ubunani)
  • National Heroes' Day (Umunsi w'Intwari)
  • National Heroes' Day (observed) (Umunsi w'Intwari (yizihijwe))
  • Eid al-Fitr (Eid El Fitr)
  • Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 (Umunsi wo Kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994)
  • Good Friday (Umunsi wa Gatanu Mutagatifu)
  • Easter Monday (Ku wa mbere wa Pasika)
  • Labor Day (Umunsi Mukuru w'Umurimo)
  • Eid al-Adha
  • Independence Day (Umunsi w'Ubwigenge)
  • Liberation Day (Umunsi wo Kwibohora)
  • Umuganura Day (Umunsi w'Umuganura)
  • Assumption Day (Ijyanwa mu Ijuru rya Bikiramariya)
  • Christmas Day (Noheli)
  • Boxing Day (Umunsi ukurikira Noheli)

Public holidays in Rwanda in 2025

Rwanda has 16 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 Rwanda in 2025

  • New Year's Day (Ubunani) – Wednesday, January 1, 2025
  • Day after New Year's Day (Umunsi ukurikira Ubunani) – Thursday, January 2, 2025
  • National Heroes' Day (Umunsi w'Intwari) – Saturday, February 1, 2025
  • National Heroes' Day (observed) (Umunsi w'Intwari (yizihijwe)) – Monday, February 3, 2025
  • Eid al-Fitr (Eid El Fitr) – Monday, March 31, 2025
  • Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 (Umunsi wo Kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994) – Monday, April 7, 2025
  • Good Friday (Umunsi wa Gatanu Mutagatifu) – Friday, April 18, 2025
  • Easter Monday (Ku wa mbere wa Pasika) – Monday, April 21, 2025
  • Labor Day (Umunsi Mukuru w'Umurimo) – Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • Eid al-Adha – Friday, June 6, 2025
  • Independence Day (Umunsi w'Ubwigenge) – Tuesday, July 1, 2025
  • Liberation Day (Umunsi wo Kwibohora) – Friday, July 4, 2025
  • Umuganura Day (Umunsi w'Umuganura) – Friday, August 1, 2025
  • Assumption Day (Ijyanwa mu Ijuru rya Bikiramariya) – Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Christmas Day (Noheli) – Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Boxing Day (Umunsi ukurikira Noheli) – Friday, December 26, 2025

Long weekends and bridge days in Rwanda in 2025

The weekend in Rwanda: Saturday and Sunday. Rwanda has 9 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.

  • Sat, Feb 1 – Mon, Feb 3 – 3 days off (National Heroes' Day, National Heroes' Day (observed))
  • Sat, Mar 29 – Mon, Mar 31 – 3 days off (Eid al-Fitr)
  • Sat, Apr 5 – Mon, Apr 7 – 3 days off (Memorial Day of Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994)
  • Fri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21 – 4 days off (Good Friday, Easter Monday)
  • Fri, Jun 6 – Sun, Jun 8 – 3 days off (Eid al-Adha)
  • Fri, Jul 4 – Sun, Jul 6 – 3 days off (Liberation Day)
  • Fri, Aug 1 – Sun, Aug 3 – 3 days off (Umuganura Day)
  • Fri, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 17 – 3 days off (Assumption Day)
  • 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): 6 days off in a row, Sat, Dec 28 – Thu, Jan 2 (New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day)
  • Take Fri, Jan 3 off: 5 days off in a row, Wed, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 5 (New Year's Day, Day after New Year's Day)
  • Take Fri, May 2 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, May 1 – Sun, May 4 (Labor Day)
  • Take Mon, Jun 30 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Jun 28 – Tue, Jul 1 (Independence Day)
  • Take 2 days off (Wed, Jul 2 and Thu, Jul 3): 6 days off in a row, Tue, Jul 1 – Sun, Jul 6 (Independence Day, Liberation 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 Rwanda: 16

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