Public Holidays in Latvia — 2025

Latvia is holiday-rich in 2025, with 48 public holidays spread across the year.

17 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 31 genuine days off work.

The dates are spread fairly evenly — 27 before July and 21 after it — with May the busiest month.

The longest dry spell runs 35 days, from Sunday, January 26, 2025 to Sunday, March 2, 2025; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.

15 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 8 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.

Latvia sits in Northern Europe, is run from Riga, pays in Euro, and has about 1.9M people planning around these same dates.

Public holidays
48
Days off work
31
Weekend
Saturday + Sunday
Busiest month
May (8)
Longest gap
35 days
Capital
Riga
Holiday calendar — Latvia 2025
DateDayHolidayLocal name
Wed, Jan 1WednesdayNew Year's DayJaungada diena
Mon, Jan 20MondayCommemoration Day of Defenders of the Barricades in 19911991. gada barikāžu aizstāvju atceres diena
Sun, Jan 26SundayDay of the International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas starptautiskās (de jure) atzīšanas diena
Sun, Mar 2SundayNational Partisan Armed Resistance Remembrance DayNacionālo partizānu bruņotās pretošanās atceres diena
Sat, Mar 8SaturdayInternational Women's DayStarptautiskā sieviešu diena
Mon, Mar 17MondayNational Resistance Movement Remembrance DayNacionālās pretošanās kustības piemiņas diena
Tue, Mar 25TuesdayCommemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorKomunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas diena
Fri, Apr 18FridayGood FridayLielā Piektdiena
Sun, Apr 20SundayEaster SundayPirmās Lieldienas
Mon, Apr 21MondayEaster MondayOtrās Lieldienas
Sun, Apr 27SundayLatgale Congress DayLatgales kongresa diena
Thu, May 1ThursdayLabour DayDarba svētki
Thu, May 1ThursdayDay of the Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Satversmes sapulces sasaukšanas diena
Mon, May 5MondayDay of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Neatkarības atjaunošanas diena
Thu, May 8ThursdayDay of the Defeat of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War IINacisma sagrāves diena un Otrā pasaules kara upuru piemiņas diena
Fri, May 9FridayEurope DayEiropas diena
Sun, May 11SundayMother's DayMātes diena
Thu, May 15ThursdayInternational Day of the FamilyStarptautiskā ģimenes diena
Sat, May 17SaturdayFirefighter and Rescuer DayUgunsdzēsēju un glābēju diena
Sun, Jun 1SundayInternational Day for Protection of ChildrenStarptautiskā bērnu aizsardzības diena
Sun, Jun 8SundayPentecostVasarsvētki
Sat, Jun 14SaturdayCommemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorKomunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas diena
Sun, Jun 15SundayMedical Worker DayMedicīnas darbinieku diena
Tue, Jun 17TuesdayDay of the Occupation of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas okupācijas diena
Sun, Jun 22SundayHeroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)Varoņu piemiņas diena (Cēsu kaujas atceres diena)
Mon, Jun 23MondayLīgo DayLīgo diena
Tue, Jun 24TuesdayJāņi DayJāņu diena
Fri, Jul 4FridayCommemoration Day of Genocide Against the JewsEbreju tautas genocīda upuru piemiņas diena
Sat, Jul 12SaturdayDay of the Sea FestivalJūras svētku diena
Mon, Aug 11MondayLatvian Freedom Fighters' Remembrance DayLatvijas brīvības cīnītāju piemiņas diena
Thu, Aug 21ThursdayDay of the Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a StateKonstitucionālā likuma “Par Latvijas Republikas valstisko statusu” pieņemšanas diena
Sat, Aug 23SaturdayDay of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and NazismStaļinisma un nacisma upuru atceres diena
Mon, Sep 1MondayKnowledge DayZinību diena
Sun, Sep 14SundayFather's DayTēva diena
Mon, Sep 22MondayBaltic Unity DayBaltu vienības diena
Wed, Oct 1WednesdayInternational Day of Older PersonsStarptautiskā senioru diena
Sun, Oct 5SundayTeachers' DaySkolotāju diena
Wed, Oct 15WednesdayOfficial Language DayValsts valodas diena
Fri, Nov 7FridayBorder Guards DayRobežsargu diena
Tue, Nov 11TuesdayLāčplēsis DayLāčplēša diena
Tue, Nov 18TuesdayDay of the Proclamation of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Proklamēšanas diena
Fri, Nov 21FridayRemembrance Day of the Tragedy of 21 November 20132013. gada 21. novembra traģēdijas atceres diena
Fri, Dec 5FridayPolice DayPolicijas darbinieku diena
Sun, Dec 7SundayCommemoration Day of Victims of Genocide Against the Latvian People By the Totalitarian Communist RegimePret latviešu tautu vērstā totalitārā komunistiskā režīma genocīda upuru piemiņas diena
Wed, Dec 24WednesdayChristmas EveZiemassvētku vakars
Thu, Dec 25ThursdayChristmas DayPirmie Ziemassvētki
Fri, Dec 26FridaySecond day of ChristmasOtrie Ziemassvētki
Wed, Dec 31WednesdayNew Year's EveVecgada diena

How many public holidays does Latvia have in 2025?

48 — of which 31 fall on a working day and 17 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.

What is the first public holiday in Latvia in 2025?

Jaungada diena on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The last one of the year is Vecgada diena on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

Which days are the weekend in Latvia?

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 Latvia in 2025?

Between Sunday, January 26, 2025 and Sunday, March 2, 2025 — 35 days with nothing official in between.

Are these 2025 dates confirmed?

Yes, all 48 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.