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Dominican Republic working days and public holidays 2025

Dominican Republic, 2025: 250 working days and 2000 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 13 national public holidays, 11 of them on working days.

Dominican Republic 2025 at a glance

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Working days
250
Standard hours
2000
Free days
115
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
13
Free days from holidays
11
Holidays on weekends
2

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day (Día de Año Nuevo)
  • 6 Jan Monday Day of Kings (Día de Reyes)
  • 21 Jan Tuesday Our Lady of Altagracia (Día de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia)
  • 26 Jan Sunday Duarte's Birthday (Día del Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte) Weekend

February

  • 27 Feb Thursday Independence Day (Día de la Independencia de la República Dominicana)

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day (Día del Trabajador)
  • 28 May Wednesday Mother's Day (Día de las Madres)

June

  • 19 Jun Thursday Corpus Christi

August

  • 16 Aug Saturday Restoration Day (Día de la Restauración Dominicana) Weekend

September

  • 24 Sept Wednesday Our Lady of Mercy (Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes)

November

  • 6 Nov Thursday Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución)

December

  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day (Navidad)

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Día de Año Nuevo), 6 Jan Day of Kings (Día de Reyes), 21 Jan Our Lady of Altagracia (Día de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia), 26 Jan Duarte's Birthday (Día del Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte) 20 160
February 27 Feb Independence Day (Día de la Independencia de la República Dominicana) 19 152
March 21 168
April 18 Apr Good Friday 21 168
May 1 May Labour Day (Día del Trabajador), 28 May Mother's Day (Día de las Madres) 20 160
June 19 Jun Corpus Christi 20 160
July 23 184
August 16 Aug Restoration Day (Día de la Restauración Dominicana) 21 168
September 24 Sep Our Lady of Mercy (Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes) 21 168
October 23 184
November 6 Nov Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) 19 152
December 25 Dec Christmas Day (Navidad) 22 176
Total 250 2000

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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