Kenya Public Holidays 2025
Kenya has 12 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with Boxing Day on 26 December 2025. One holiday moves this year: Madaraka Day falls on 1 June 2025 but the day off is taken on Monday 2 June 2025. It is counted once, on the day observed.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see Kenya in 2026 or Kenya in 2027.
Looking back: Kenya observed 12 national public holidays in 2025, the same number as in 2026. One fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against three in 2026. The calendar produced seven long weekends that year, against five in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayMwaka mpya | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)Idd-ul-Fitr | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayIjumaa Kuu | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayJumatatu ya Pasaka | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour Day | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Madaraka DaySiku ya Madaraka | in lieu of | Monday | Public holidayMoved |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)Idd-ul-Azha | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Mazingira Day | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Mashujaa DaySiku ya Mashujaa | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Jamhuri DaySiku ya Jamhuri | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayKrismasi | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Boxing Day | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a Kenya entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with 2 corrections applied to Kenya. See what we changed.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
The busiest stretch is December (3 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. One of them falls on a weekend in 2025, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. Below you will find the full 2025 list for Kenya, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the Kenya calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Kenya have in 2025?
Kenya has 12 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is Boxing Day on 26 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Kenya?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Kenya in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in Kenya is on 1 January 2025.
Which 2025 holidays in Kenya are moved to another day?
One is: Madaraka Day, which falls on 1 June 2025 but is taken on Monday 2 June 2025. A moved holiday is one holiday with a shifted day off, not two holidays, so it is counted once here. Sites that list both the weekend date and its replacement report a higher total than the official calendar does.
Are regional holidays included for Kenya?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Kenya are listed separately on the Kenya holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Kenya holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. Four of the 12 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (islamic (hijri) calendar and linked to easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) on 30 March 2025, Good Friday on 18 April 2025 and Easter Monday on 21 April 2025, plus 1 more.
How far ahead is the Kenya calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. This table also applies 2 corrections to the underlying open dataset, each checked against the legislation. The full list with sources is on the Kenya holiday hub.
Which Kenya holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Kenya holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Kenya with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Kenya
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Kenya public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Kenya 2025 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2025 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.