Public Holidays in Germany — 2025
Germany is holiday-rich in 2025, with 20 public holidays spread across the year.
5 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 15 genuine days off work.
The dates are spread fairly evenly — 12 before July and 8 after it — with April the busiest month.
The longest dry spell runs 61 days, from Monday, January 6, 2025 to Saturday, March 8, 2025; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
8 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 4 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Germany sits in Western Europe, is run from Berlin, pays in Euro, and has about 83.8M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 20
- Days off work
- 15
- Weekend
- Saturday + Sunday
- Busiest month
- April (3)
- Longest gap
- 61 days
- Capital
- Berlin
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Neujahr |
| Mon, Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige |
| Sat, Mar 8 | Saturday | International Women's Day | Internationaler Frauentag |
| Fri, Apr 18 | Friday | Good Friday | Karfreitag |
| Sun, Apr 20 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Ostersonntag |
| Mon, Apr 21 | Monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | Labour Day | Tag der Arbeit |
| Thu, May 8 | Thursday | Liberation Day | Tag der Befreiung |
| Thu, May 29 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt |
| Sun, Jun 8 | Sunday | Pentecost | Pfingstsonntag |
| Mon, Jun 9 | Monday | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag |
| Thu, Jun 19 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam |
| Fri, Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption Day | Mariä Himmelfahrt |
| Sat, Sep 20 | Saturday | World Children's Day | Weltkindertag |
| Fri, Oct 3 | Friday | German Unity Day | Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
| Fri, Oct 31 | Friday | Reformation Day | Reformationstag |
| Sat, Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day | Allerheiligen |
| Wed, Nov 19 | Wednesday | Repentance and Prayer Day | Buß- und Bettag |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | Erster Weihnachtstag |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Friday | St. Stephen's Day | Zweiter Weihnachtstag |
How many public holidays does Germany have in 2025?
20 — of which 15 fall on a working day and 5 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Germany in 2025?
Neujahr on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The last one of the year is Zweiter Weihnachtstag on Friday, December 26, 2025.
Which days are the weekend in Germany?
Saturday + Sunday. Working-day counts on this site use that pattern, not a fixed Saturday–Sunday assumption.
When is the longest period without a public holiday in Germany in 2025?
Between Monday, January 6, 2025 and Saturday, March 8, 2025 — 61 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2025 dates confirmed?
Yes, all 20 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.