Latvia public holidays 2026
Latvia has 49 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 230 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Jaungada diena |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jan | Tuesday | Commemoration Day of Defenders of the Barricades in 1991
1991. gada barikāžu aizstāvju atceres diena |
Nationwide |
| 26 Jan | Monday | Day of the International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republikas starptautiskās (de jure) atzīšanas diena |
Nationwide |
| 27 Feb | Friday | World Non-Governmental Organization Day
Starptautisko nevalstisko organizāciju diena |
Nationwide |
| 2 Mar | Monday | National Partisan Armed Resistance Remembrance Day
Nacionālo partizānu bruņotās pretošanās atceres diena |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Starptautiskā sieviešu diena |
Nationwide |
| 17 Mar | Tuesday | National Resistance Movement Remembrance Day
Nacionālās pretošanās kustības piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 25 Mar | Wednesday | Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror
Komunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Lielā Piektdiena |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Pirmās Lieldienas |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Otrās Lieldienas |
Nationwide |
| 27 Apr | Monday | Latgale Congress Day
Latgales kongresa diena |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Day of the Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republikas Satversmes sapulces sasaukšanas diena |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Darba svētki |
Nationwide |
| 4 May | Monday | Day of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republikas Neatkarības atjaunošanas diena |
Nationwide |
| 8 May | Friday | Day of the Defeat of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War II
Nacisma sagrāves diena un Otrā pasaules kara upuru piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 9 May | Saturday rest day | Europe Day
Eiropas diena |
Nationwide |
| 10 May | Sunday rest day | Mother's Day
Mātes diena |
Nationwide |
| 15 May | Friday | International Day of the Family
Starptautiskā ģimenes diena |
Nationwide |
| 17 May | Sunday rest day | Firefighter and Rescuer Day
Ugunsdzēsēju un glābēju diena |
Nationwide |
| 24 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Vasarsvētki |
Nationwide |
| 1 Jun | Monday | International Day for Protection of Children
Starptautiskā bērnu aizsardzības diena |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jun | Sunday rest day | Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror
Komunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 17 Jun | Wednesday | Day of the Occupation of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republikas okupācijas diena |
Nationwide |
| 21 Jun | Sunday rest day | Medical Worker Day
Medicīnas darbinieku diena |
Nationwide |
| 22 Jun | Monday | Heroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)
Varoņu piemiņas diena (Cēsu kaujas atceres diena) |
Nationwide |
| 23 Jun | Tuesday | Līgo Day
Līgo diena |
Nationwide |
| 24 Jun | Wednesday | Jāņi Day
Jāņu diena |
Nationwide |
| 4 Jul | Saturday rest day | Commemoration Day of Genocide Against the Jews
Ebreju tautas genocīda upuru piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 11 Jul | Saturday rest day | Day of the Sea Festival
Jūras svētku diena |
Nationwide |
| 11 Aug | Tuesday | Latvian Freedom Fighters' Remembrance Day
Latvijas brīvības cīnītāju piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 21 Aug | Friday | Day of the Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a State
Konstitucionālā likuma “Par Latvijas Republikas valstisko statusu” pieņemšanas diena |
Nationwide |
| 23 Aug | Sunday rest day | Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
Staļinisma un nacisma upuru atceres diena |
Nationwide |
| 1 Sep | Tuesday | Knowledge Day
Zinību diena |
Nationwide |
| 13 Sep | Sunday rest day | Father's Day
Tēva diena |
Nationwide |
| 22 Sep | Tuesday | Baltic Unity Day
Baltu vienības diena |
Nationwide |
| 1 Oct | Thursday | International Day of Older Persons
Starptautiskā senioru diena |
Nationwide |
| 5 Oct | Monday | Teachers' Day
Skolotāju diena |
Nationwide |
| 15 Oct | Thursday | Official Language Day
Valsts valodas diena |
Nationwide |
| 7 Nov | Saturday rest day | Border Guards Day
Robežsargu diena |
Nationwide |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Lāčplēsis Day
Lāčplēša diena |
Nationwide |
| 18 Nov | Wednesday | Day of the Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republikas Proklamēšanas diena |
Nationwide |
| 21 Nov | Saturday rest day | Remembrance Day of the Tragedy of 21 November 2013
2013. gada 21. novembra traģēdijas atceres diena |
Nationwide |
| 5 Dec | Saturday rest day | Police Day
Policijas darbinieku diena |
Nationwide |
| 6 Dec | Sunday rest day | Commemoration Day of Victims of Genocide Against the Latvian People By the Totalitarian Communist Regime
Pret latviešu tautu vērstā totalitārā komunistiskā režīma genocīda upuru piemiņas diena |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Ziemassvētku vakars |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Pirmie Ziemassvētki |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | Second day of Christmas
Otrie Ziemassvētki |
Nationwide |
| 31 Dec | Thursday | New Year's Eve
Vecgada diena |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 4 holidays
April 4 holidays
May 8 holidays
June 7 holidays
July 2 holidays
August 3 holidays
September 3 holidays
October 3 holidays
November 4 holidays
December 6 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 136 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 136 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 31 | 230 | 1,840 |
What the numbers say about Latvia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Latvia. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
17 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Europe Day (9 May), Mother's Day (10 May), Firefighter and Rescuer Day (17 May), Pentecost (24 May), Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror (14 Jun), Medical Worker Day (21 Jun), Commemoration Day of Genocide Against the Jews (4 Jul), Day of the Sea Festival (11 Jul), Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (23 Aug), Father's Day (13 Sep), Border Guards Day (7 Nov), Remembrance Day of the Tragedy of 21 November 2013 (21 Nov), Police Day (5 Dec), Commemoration Day of Victims of Genocide Against the Latvian People By the Totalitarian Communist Regime (6 Dec), Second day of Christmas (26 Dec). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and June the shortest with 17. A gap of 6 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 53 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 49, Latvia sits above the middle of the range, around the 100th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 12 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 20 June to 24 June (Medical Worker Day, Heroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis), Līgo Day, Jāņi Day). There are also 8 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.