Malaysia Public Holidays 2025
Malaysia has 16 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2025. One holiday moves this year: Independence Day falls on 31 August 2025 but the day off is taken on Monday 1 September 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 Malaysia in 2026 or Malaysia in 2027.
Looking back: Malaysia observed 16 national public holidays in 2025, one fewer than in 2026. One fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against five in 2026. The calendar produced seven long weekends that year, against five in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayHari Tahun Baru | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Chinese New YearTahun Baru Cina | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Chinese New YearTahun Baru Cina | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Day of Nuzul Al-QuranHari Nuzul Al-Quran | Monday | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)Hari Raya Aidil Fitri | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)Hari Raya Aidil Fitri | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayHari Pekerja | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Vesak Day | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Yang di-Pertuan Agong's BirthdayHari Keputeraan Yang di-Pertuan Agong | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)Hari Raya Haji | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Islamic New YearAwal Muharram | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Independence DayHari Kebangsaan | in lieu of | Monday | Public holidayMoved |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)Hari Keputeraan Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Malaysia DayHari Malaysia | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Deepavali | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayHari Krismas | Thursday | 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 Malaysia entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Malaysia.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.
January is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. One of them falls on a weekend in 2025, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. Use the table below to see each 2025 holiday in Malaysia, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. The list is the national one, and Malaysia also has sub-national calendars that differ from it, so check the note above the table before you rely on a single date.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Malaysia have in 2025?
Malaysia has 16 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Malaysia?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Malaysia in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in Malaysia is on 1 January 2025.
Which 2025 holidays in Malaysia are moved to another day?
One is: Independence Day, which falls on 31 August 2025 but is taken on Monday 1 September 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 Malaysia?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Malaysia are listed separately on the Malaysia holiday hub, together with the states and federal territories that observe them.
Do the Malaysia holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. 11 of the 16 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (lunisolar calendar, islamic (hijri) calendar and announced per year, plus 1 more), 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 Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025, Chinese New Year on 30 January 2025 and Day of Nuzul Al-Quran on 17 March 2025, plus 8 more.
How far ahead is the Malaysia calendar actually fixed?
Through 2026. The federal and state governments gazette the following year's public holidays one year at a time, so anything past that is computed from the rules in force rather than read off an official list. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Malaysia.
Which Malaysia 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 Malaysia holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Malaysia with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Malaysia
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Malaysia public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Malaysia 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 on their own, and where a single day of leave turns a holiday into a four day break. That is on the Malaysia long weekends page for 2025, alongside how many working days 2025 actually has once weekends and holidays come out. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.