Holidays in Romania

Romania – Holidays in 2024

By law, Romania has 51 public holidays, but only some are declared non-working days. Percentagewise, 14% of the days of a year are represented in Romania by holidays, in which various events take place. To these are added the days celebrated at an international or worldwide level.

The Labor Code provides for 15 days off granted on the occasion of national holidays, namely 3 days for Easter (Good Friday, Easter Day, Easter Monday), 2 days for Pentecost, 2 days for Christmas, 2 days for New Year and 1 day each for the Day of the Union of the Romanian Principalities (24 Jan), International Day of Labor (1 May), Children's Day (1 Jun), Virgin Mary(15 Aug), St Andrew (30 Nov) and Romania's National Day (1 Dec).

Date	Day of the Week	Name of the holiday	Holiday Type
1 Jan	Monday	New Year's Day	National Holiday
2 Jan	Tuesday	Day after New Year's Day	National Holiday
6 Jan	Saturday	Epiphany	National Holiday, Orthodox
7 Jan	Sunday	Synaxis of St. John the Baptist	National Holiday, Orthodox
24 Jan	Wednesday	Unification Day	National Holiday
19 Feb	Monday	Constantin Brâncuși Day	Observance
24 Feb	Saturday	Dragobete	Observance
1 Mar	Friday	Mărțișor	Observance
8 Mar	Friday	International Women's Day	Observance
20 Mar	Wednesday	March Equinox	Season
1 May	Wednesday	Labor Day / May Day	National Holiday
3 May	Friday	Orthodox Good Friday	National Holiday, Orthodox
5 May	Sunday	Orthodox Easter Day	National Holiday, Orthodox
5 May	Sunday	Mother's Day	Observance
6 May	Monday	Orthodox Easter Monday	National Holiday, Orthodox
10 May	Friday	Monarchy Day	Observance
10 May	Friday	National Independence Day	Observance
12 May	Sunday	Father's Day	Observance
1 Jun	Saturday	Children's Day	National Holiday
13 Jun	Thursday	Orthodox Ascension Day	Observance, Orthodox
20 Jun	Thursday	June Solstice	Season
23 Jun	Sunday	Orthodox Pentecost	National Holiday, Orthodox
24 Jun	Monday	Orthodox Pentecost Monday	National Holiday, Orthodox
26 Jun	Wednesday	Flag Day	Observance
29 Jul	Monday	National Anthem Day	Observance
15 Aug	Thursday	St Mary's Day	National Holiday
22 Sep	Sunday	September Equinox	Season
31 Oct	Thursday	Halloween	Observance
30 Nov	Saturday	St Andrew's Day	National Holiday
1 Dec	Sunday	National Day	National Holiday
8 Dec	Sunday	Constitution Day	Observance
21 Dec	Saturday	December Solstice	Season
24 Dec	Tuesday	Christmas Eve	Observance
25 Dec	Wednesday	Christmas Day	National Holiday
26 Dec	Thursday	Second Day of Christmas	National Holiday
31 Dec	Tuesday	New Year's Eve	Observance

Legal holidays in Romania are days declared by law to be non-working, other than weekends. There is no work on national holidays, with the exception of sanitary and public catering units, as well as units where the activity cannot be interrupted due to the production process or the specifics of the activity. Employees who work in such units are entitled to compensation with appropriate time off, granted in the next 30 days.

Other holidays that are important for the Romanians:

• 6 Dec - Saint Nicholas