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Greece working days and public holidays 2025

Greece, 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.

Greece 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 (Πρωτοχρονιά)
  • 6 Jan Monday Epiphany (Θεοφάνεια)

March

  • 3 Mar Monday Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα)
  • 25 Mar Tuesday Annunciation (Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου) / Independence Day (Εικοστή Πέμπτη Μαρτίου)

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday (Μεγάλη Παρασκευή)
  • 20 Apr Sunday Easter Sunday (Κυριακή του Πάσχα) Weekend
  • 21 Apr Monday Easter Monday (Δευτέρα του Πάσχα)

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day (Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά)

June

  • 8 Jun Sunday Pentecost (Πεντηκοστή) Weekend
  • 9 Jun Monday Whit Monday (Δευτέρα Πεντηκοστής)

August

  • 15 Aug Friday Assumption Day (Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου)

October

  • 28 Oct Tuesday Ochi Day (Το Όχι)

December

  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day (Χριστούγεννα)
  • 26 Dec Friday St. Stephen's Day (Σύναξις Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Μαρίας)

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Πρωτοχρονιά), 6 Jan Epiphany (Θεοφάνεια) 21 168
February 20 160
March 3 Mar Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα), 25 Mar Independence Day (Εικοστή Πέμπτη Μαρτίου) 19 152
April 18 Apr Good Friday (Μεγάλη Παρασκευή), 20 Apr Easter Sunday (Κυριακή του Πάσχα), 21 Apr Easter Monday (Δευτέρα του Πάσχα) 20 160
May 1 May Labour Day (Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά) 21 168
June 8 Jun Pentecost (Πεντηκοστή), 9 Jun Whit Monday (Δευτέρα Πεντηκοστής) 20 160
July 23 184
August 15 Aug Assumption Day (Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου) 20 160
September 22 176
October 28 Oct Ochi Day (Το Όχι) 22 176
November 20 160
December 25 Dec Christmas Day (Χριστούγεννα), 26 Dec St. Stephen's Day (Σύναξις Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Μαρίας) 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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