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Belize working days and public holidays 2025

Belize, 2025: 249 working days and 1992 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 14 national public holidays, 12 of them on working days.

Belize 2025 at a glance

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Working days
249
Standard hours
1992
Free days
116
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
14
Free days from holidays
12
Holidays on weekends
2

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day
  • 15 Jan Wednesday George Price Day

March

  • 10 Mar Monday National Heroes and Benefactors Day

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday
  • 19 Apr Saturday Holy Saturday Weekend
  • 20 Apr Sunday Easter Sunday Weekend
  • 21 Apr Monday Easter Monday

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day

August

  • 1 Aug Friday Emancipation Day

September

  • 10 Sept Wednesday Saint George's Caye Day
  • 22 Sept Monday Independence Day

November

  • 19 Nov Wednesday Garifuna Settlement Day

December

  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day
  • 26 Dec Friday Boxing Day

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day, 15 Jan George Price Day 21 168
February 20 160
March 10 Mar National Heroes and Benefactors Day 20 160
April 18 Apr Good Friday, 19 Apr Holy Saturday, 20 Apr Easter Sunday, 21 Apr Easter Monday 20 160
May 1 May Labour Day 21 168
June 21 168
July 23 184
August 1 Aug Emancipation Day 20 160
September 10 Sep Saint George's Caye Day, 22 Sep Independence Day 20 160
October 23 184
November 19 Nov Garifuna Settlement Day 19 152
December 25 Dec Christmas Day, 26 Dec Boxing Day 21 168
Total 249 1992

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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