Moldova public holidays 2026
Moldova has 16 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 250 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| 7 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Craciun pe stil Vechi (Orthodox Christmas) |
Nationwide |
| 8 Jan | Thursday | Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Craciun pe stil Vechi (Orthodox Christmas) |
Nationwide |
| 23 Feb | Monday | Day of Veterans of the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies | Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day | Nationwide |
| 12 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Orthodox Easter |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day (Moldova) | Nationwide |
| 9 May | Saturday rest day | Victory and Commemoration Day | Nationwide |
| 22 May | Friday | Bălţi Day | Nationwide |
| 27 Aug | Thursday | Independence Day (Moldova)
Independence Day |
Nationwide |
| 31 Aug | Monday | Limba Noastra (National Language Day)
Limba Noastra |
Nationwide |
| 31 Aug | Monday | Memorial Day | Nationwide |
| 3 Sep | Thursday | Day of the Moldovan National Army | Nationwide |
| 14 Oct | Wednesday | Capital's Day | Nationwide |
| 21 Nov | Saturday rest day | South Capital's Day Cahul | Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Craciun pe stil Nou (Western Christmas) |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 1 holiday
April 1 holiday
May 3 holidays
June
July
August 2 holidays
September 1 holiday
October 1 holiday
November 1 holiday
December 1 holiday
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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Moldova in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Moldova. 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.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Easter Sunday (12 Apr), Victory and Commemoration Day (9 May), South Capital's Day Cahul (21 Nov). 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 August the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 60 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 16, Moldova sits above the middle of the range, around the 87th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 21 February to 23 February (Day of Veterans of the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies). There are also 4 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.