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Public holidays in Bulgaria 2024

Bulgaria has 15 public holidays in 2024, 11 on working days.

Next: Бъдни вечер (Christmas Eve), Thursday, December 24, 2026in 69 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Bulgaria in 2024: date, weekday, name and days until
DateHolidayWhen
Jan 1MonНова годинаNew Year's Day1,019 days ago
Mar 3SunWeekendДен на Освобождението на България от османско игоLiberation Day957 days ago
Mar 4MonДен на Освобождението на България от османско игоLiberation DaySubstitute day956 days ago
May 1WedДен на труда и на международната работническа солидарностLabor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day898 days ago
May 3FriВелики петъкGood Friday896 days ago
May 4SatWeekendВелика съботаHoly Saturday895 days ago
May 5SunWeekendВеликденEaster894 days ago
May 6MonВеликденEaster893 days ago
May 6MonГергьовден, Ден на храбростта и Българската армияSaint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army893 days ago
May 24FriДен на светите братя Кирил и Методий, на българската азбука, просвета и култура и на славянската книжовностDay of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture875 days ago
Sep 6FriДен на СъединениетоUnification Day770 days ago
Sep 22SunWeekendДен на Независимостта на БългарияIndependence Day754 days ago
Sep 23MonДен на Независимостта на БългарияIndependence DaySubstitute day753 days ago
Dec 24TueБъдни вечерChristmas Eve661 days ago
Dec 25WedРождество ХристовоChristmas Day660 days ago
Dec 26ThuРождество ХристовоChristmas Day659 days ago

At a glance

Bulgaria in 2024

01Public holidays

15 days

11 on working days, 4 at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

02Long weekends

7 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

Бъдни вечер (Christmas Eve)

Thursday, December 24, 2026 · in 69 days

Days off in a row

Long weekends

Three or more days off in a row: the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) next to a nationwide public holiday on a working day.

  • Sat, Dec 30 – Mon, Jan 1

    3 days offNew Year's Day

  • Sat, Mar 2 – Mon, Mar 4

    3 days offLiberation Day · Liberation Day

  • Fri, May 3 – Mon, May 6

    4 days offGood Friday · Holy Saturday · Easter · Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army

  • Fri, May 24 – Sun, May 26

    3 days offDay of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture

  • Fri, Sep 6 – Sun, Sep 8

    3 days offUnification Day

  • Sat, Sep 21 – Mon, Sep 23

    3 days offIndependence Day · Independence Day

  • Tue, Dec 24 – Thu, Dec 26

    3 days offChristmas Eve · Christmas Day

Long weekends in Bulgaria 2024Bridge days in Bulgaria 2024

Sources and limits

About these dates

A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.

Dates come from the open-source python-holidays project (0.106, MIT licence), which follows each country’s laws and official calendars; NonWorkingDays built these tables from it on October 15, 2026. Names are shown as the source gives them, in the local language and in English, without machine translation.

Dates marked “estimated” follow lunar or religious calendars and can move by a day when they are announced. Days off decreed at short notice, such as bridge days, may be missing. Check with an official source before you book.

Long weekends count the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and nationwide public holidays only. “When” counts days by the local date in Sofia.

! Checked against Kodeks na truda (Labour Code) art. 154, official holidays and weekend compensation rule (Lex.bg), BTA: Council of Ministers declares 2 January 2026 a day off (euro changeover) on October 16, 2026, with caveats: All official holidays and the compensation days for 2026 and 2027 follow Labour Code art. 154, and the 2 January 2026 day off is a government decision for the euro changeover; no 2027 government bridging decision exists yet.

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How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2024?

Bulgaria has 15 days of national public holidays in 2024, 11 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Bulgaria?

Бъдни вечер (Christmas Eve), on Thursday, December 24, 2026.

How many long weekends does Bulgaria have in 2024?

7: Sat, Dec 30 – Mon, Jan 1 (New Year's Day); Sat, Mar 2 – Mon, Mar 4 (Liberation Day); Fri, May 3 – Mon, May 6 (Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army); Fri, May 24 – Sun, May 26 (Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture); Fri, Sep 6 – Sun, Sep 8 (Unification Day); Sat, Sep 21 – Mon, Sep 23 (Independence Day); Tue, Dec 24 – Thu, Dec 26 (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day).

Which public holidays in Bulgaria fall on a weekend in 2024?

Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго (Liberation Day), Sunday, March 3, 2024; Велика събота (Holy Saturday), Saturday, May 4, 2024; Великден (Easter), Sunday, May 5, 2024; Ден на Независимостта на България (Independence Day), Sunday, September 22, 2024.