Public holidays in Bulgaria in 2025
Bulgaria has 17 public holidays in 2025. 4 of them fall on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The months with the most public holidays are April, May, and December (4 each).
All public holidays in Bulgaria in 2025
- New Year's Day (Нова година) – Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Liberation Day (Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго) – Monday, March 3, 2025
- Good Friday (Велики петък) – Friday, April 18, 2025
- Holy Saturday (Велика събота) – Saturday, April 19, 2025
- Easter (Великден) – Sunday, April 20, 2025
- Easter (Великден) – Monday, April 21, 2025
- Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност) – Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army (Гергьовден, Ден на храбростта и Българската армия) – Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (Ден на светите братя Кирил и Методий, на българската азбука, просвета и култура и на славянската книжовност) – Saturday, May 24, 2025
- Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (observed) (Ден на светите братя Кирил и Методий, на българската азбука, просвета и култура и на славянската книжовност (почивен ден)) – Monday, May 26, 2025
- Unification Day (Ден на Съединението) – Saturday, September 6, 2025
- Unification Day (observed) (Ден на Съединението (почивен ден)) – Monday, September 8, 2025
- Independence Day (Ден на Независимостта на България) – Monday, September 22, 2025
- Christmas Eve (Бъдни вечер) – Wednesday, December 24, 2025
- Christmas Day (Рождество Христово) – Thursday, December 25, 2025
- Christmas Day (Рождество Христово) – Friday, December 26, 2025
- Non-working day (Неприсъствен ден) – Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Clock changes in Bulgaria in 2025
- On Sunday, Mar 30, clocks go forward 1 hour, from 03:00 to 04:00.
- On Sunday, Oct 26, clocks go back 1 hour, from 04:00 to 03:00.
Long weekends and bridge days in Bulgaria in 2025
The weekend in Bulgaria: Saturday and Sunday. Bulgaria has 7 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.
- Sat, Mar 1 – Mon, Mar 3 – 3 days off (Liberation Day)
- Fri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21 – 4 days off (Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter)
- Sat, May 24 – Mon, May 26 – 3 days off (Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture, Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (observed))
- Sat, Sep 6 – Mon, Sep 8 – 3 days off (Unification Day, Unification Day (observed))
- Sat, Sep 20 – Mon, Sep 22 – 3 days off (Independence Day)
- Wed, Dec 24 – Sun, Dec 28 – 5 days off (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
- Wed, Dec 31 – Sun, Jan 4 – 5 days off (Non-working day, New Year's 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 and International Workers' Solidarity Day)
- Take Mon, May 5 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, May 3 – Tue, May 6 (Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army)
- Take 2 days off (Mon, Dec 22 and Tue, Dec 23): 9 days off in a row, Sat, Dec 20 – Sun, Dec 28 (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
- Take 2 days off (Mon, Dec 29 and Tue, Dec 30): 12 days off in a row, Wed, Dec 24 – Sun, Jan 4 (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Non-working day, New Year's 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 Bulgaria: 17
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