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List of Macao’s public holidays for 2025

List of Macao’s public holidays for 2025

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There are eight long weekends to be expected in the coming year.

The Macao SAR Government has released the 2025 public holidays, exemption from work and compensatory rest days for public employees.

Per the list, there are 20 days of public holidays in the coming year, wherein five compensatory rest days are for Easter, Tung Ng Festival, All Soul’s Day, Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day, and Winter Solstice, making it a total of eight long weekends.

In addition, the Chief Executive also grants two afternoons exemption from work to public employees for Lunar New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

Here is the full list.


New Year’s Day

  • 1 January (Wednesday)

Lunar New Year

  • 28 January (pm) (Tuesday) – Lunar New Year's Eve, exemption from work granted to public employees by the Chief Executive
  • 29 January (Wednesday)
  • 30 January (Thursday)
  • 31 January (Friday)
    – long weekend

Cheng Ming Festival

  • 4 April (Friday)
    – long weekend

Easter

  • 18 April (Friday)
  • 19 April (Saturday)
  • 21 April (Monday) – compensatory rest day for the Day before Easter
    – long weekend

Labour Day

  • 1 May (Thursday)

The Buddha’s Birthday (Feast of Buddha)

  • 5 May (Monday)
    – long weekend

Tung Ng Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)

  • 31 May (Saturday)
  • 2 June (Monday) – compensatory rest day for Tung Ng Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)
    – long weekend

National Day of the People’s Republic of China

  • 1 October (Wednesday)
  • 2 October (Thursday)

The Day following Chong Chao (Mid-Autumn) Festival

  • 7 October (Tuesday)

Chong Yeung Festival (Festival of Ancestors)

  • 29 October (Wednesday)

All Soul’s Day

  • 2 November (Sunday)
  • 3 November (Monday) – compensatory rest day for All Soul’s Day
    – long weekend

Feast of Immaculate Conception

  • 8 December (Monday)
    – long weekend

Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day

  • 20 December (Saturday)
  • 22 December (Monday) – compensatory rest day for Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day
    – long weekend

Winter Solstice

  • 21 December (Sunday)
  • 23 December (Tuesday) – compensatory rest day for Winter Solstice

Christmas

  • 24 December (Wednesday)
  • 25 December (Thursday)

New Year's Eve

  • 31 December (pm) (Wednesday) – exemption from work granted to public employees by the Chief Executive

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