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2025 Holidays for Benin

  • New Year's Day (Fête du Nouvel An)
  • Vodoun Festival (Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles)
  • Vodoun Festival (Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles)
  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (Jour du Ramadan (estimé))
  • Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
  • Labor Day (Fête du Travail)
  • Ascension Day (Jour de l'Ascension)
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated) (Jour de la Tabaski (estimé))
  • Pentecost Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
  • National Day (Fête Nationale)
  • Assumption Day (Jour de l'Assomption)
  • Prophet's Birthday (estimated) (Journée Maouloud (estimé))
  • All Saints' Day (La Toussaint)
  • Christmas Day (Jour de Noël)

Public holidays in Benin in 2025

Benin has 14 public holidays in 2025. 2 of them fall on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The month with the most public holidays is January (3).

All public holidays in Benin in 2025

  • New Year's Day (Fête du Nouvel An) – Wednesday, January 1, 2025
  • Vodoun Festival (Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles) – Thursday, January 9, 2025
  • Vodoun Festival (Fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles) – Friday, January 10, 2025
  • Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (Jour du Ramadan (estimé)) – Sunday, March 30, 2025
  • Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques) – Monday, April 21, 2025
  • Labor Day (Fête du Travail) – Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • Ascension Day (Jour de l'Ascension) – Thursday, May 29, 2025
  • Eid al-Adha (estimated) (Jour de la Tabaski (estimé)) – Friday, June 6, 2025
  • Pentecost Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte) – Monday, June 9, 2025
  • National Day (Fête Nationale) – Friday, August 1, 2025
  • Assumption Day (Jour de l'Assomption) – Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Prophet's Birthday (estimated) (Journée Maouloud (estimé)) – Thursday, September 4, 2025
  • All Saints' Day (La Toussaint) – Saturday, November 1, 2025
  • Christmas Day (Jour de Noël) – Thursday, December 25, 2025

Long weekends and bridge days in Benin in 2025

The weekend in Benin: Saturday and Sunday. Benin has 5 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.

  • Thu, Jan 9 – Sun, Jan 12 – 4 days off (Vodoun Festival)
  • Sat, Apr 19 – Mon, Apr 21 – 3 days off (Easter Monday)
  • Fri, Jun 6 – Mon, Jun 9 – 4 days off (Eid al-Adha (estimated), Pentecost Monday)
  • Fri, Aug 1 – Sun, Aug 3 – 3 days off (National Day)
  • Fri, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 17 – 3 days off (Assumption 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 Fri, May 2 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, May 1 – Sun, May 4 (Labor Day)
  • Take Fri, May 30 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, May 29 – Sun, Jun 1 (Ascension Day)
  • Take Fri, Sep 5 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 7 (Prophet's Birthday (estimated))
  • Take Fri, Dec 26 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28 (Christmas 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 Benin: 14

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