2024 Holiday Schedule

2024 Congolese Public Holidays

Below are the 2024 Congolese public holidays. On these public holidays, Congolese 5/2 employees are entitled to days off with pay.

a) Monday, 1 January – New year Day New Year's Day
b) Monday, 1 April – Easter Monday
c) Wednesday, 1 May – International Worker's Day International Worker's Day
d) Thursday, 9 May – Ascension Day Ascension Day
e) Friday, 10 May – Bridge in observance of Ascension Day – Day off*
f) Monday, 20 May – Pentecost or Whit Monday Pentecost of Whit Monday
g) Monday, 10 June – Celebration of National Conference & Reconciliation Day holiday Celebration of Conference National & Reconciliation Day holiday
h) Thursday, 15 August – Republic of Congo Independence Day Congo Independence Day & Ascension Celebration
i) Friday, 16 August – Bridge in observance of Congo Independence Day celebration – Day off*
j) Friday, 1 November – All Saints Day All Saints Day
k) Thursday, 28 November – Republic Day Republic Day
l) Friday, 29 November – Bridge in observance of Republic Day celebration – Day off*
m) Wednesday, 25 December – Christmas Day Christmas and Family Day
n) Thursday, 26 December – Sainte Barb Day Sainte Barb Day Celebration
o) Tuesdays December 24 & 31 will be half working days in observance of respective Christmas eve and Year-end eve celebrations

Reconciliation Day h) is a public holiday in the Republic of Congo on June 10th each year. This holiday is held in commemoration of the Conference on National Sovereignty that began on this day in 1991.