Public Holidays in Croatia — 2025
There are 14 public holidays in Croatia in 2025 — a middle-of-the-road calendar by international standards.
3 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 11 genuine days off work.
The dates are spread fairly evenly — 8 before July and 6 after it — with January the busiest month.
The longest dry spell runs 104 days, from Monday, January 6, 2025 to Sunday, April 20, 2025; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
5 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 4 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Croatia sits in Southern Europe, is run from Zagreb, pays in Kuna, and has about 4.1M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 14
- Days off work
- 11
- Weekend
- Saturday + Sunday
- Busiest month
- January (2)
- Longest gap
- 104 days
- Capital
- Zagreb
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Nova Godina |
| Mon, Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany | Bogojavljenje, Sveta tri kralja |
| Sun, Apr 20 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Uskrs i uskrsni ponedjeljak |
| Mon, Apr 21 | Monday | Easter Monday | Uskrs i uskrsni ponedjeljak |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | International Workers' Day | Međunarodni praznik rada |
| Fri, May 30 | Friday | National Day | Dan državnosti |
| Thu, Jun 19 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Tijelovo |
| Sun, Jun 22 | Sunday | Anti-Fascist Struggle Day | Dan antifašističke borbe |
| Tue, Aug 5 | Tuesday | Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders | Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti i Dan hrvatskih branitelja |
| Fri, Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption Day | Velika Gospa |
| Sat, Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day | Dan svih svetih |
| Tue, Nov 18 | Tuesday | Remembrance Day | Dan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rata |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | Božić |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Friday | St. Stephen's Day | Prvi dan po Božiću, Sveti Stjepan, Štefanje, Stipanje |
How many public holidays does Croatia have in 2025?
14 — of which 11 fall on a working day and 3 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Croatia in 2025?
Nova Godina on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The last one of the year is Prvi dan po Božiću, Sveti Stjepan, Štefanje, Stipanje on Friday, December 26, 2025.
Which days are the weekend in Croatia?
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 Croatia in 2025?
Between Monday, January 6, 2025 and Sunday, April 20, 2025 — 104 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2025 dates confirmed?
Yes, all 14 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.