LIST: 2024 Holidays and Long Weekends in the Philippines
Plan your vacation leaves.
(SPOT.ph) President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has released the regular holidays and special non-working days for the upcoming year, with at least five long weekends to expect in 2024.
“The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient,” it said in proclamation no. 368.
Notably, EDSA People Power is no longer a special non-working holiday on February 24 in 2024.
Many of the holidays and special non-working days fall on the weekend or the middle of the week like Tuesday and Wednesday, so make sure to plan those vacation leaves accordingly if you plan to maximize your off days.
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List of 2024 official holidays in the Philippines
Additional national holidays like Eid'l Fitr and Eid'l Adha will also be announced when Islamic astronomical calculations are advised by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos to the Office of the President.
Regular holidays
- January 1 (Monday) – New Year’s Day
- March 28 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
- March 29 (Friday) – Good Friday
- April 9 (Tuesday) – Araw ng Kangitingan
- April 10 (Wednesday) – Eid al-Fitr
- May 1 (Wednesday) – Labor Day
- June 12 (Wednesday) – Independence Day
- August 26 (Monday) – National Heroes Day
- November 30 (Saturday) – Bonifacio Day
- December 25 (Wednesday) – Christmas Day
- December 30 (Monday) – Rizal Day
Special non-working days
- February 10 (Saturday) – Chinese New Year
- March 30 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
- August 21 (Wednesday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
- November 1 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 2 (Saturday) – All Souls’ Day
- December 8 (Sunday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
- December 24 (Tuesday) – Christmas Eve
- December 31 (Tuesday) – Last Day of the Year
The list of holidays were made official through Proclamation no. 368, released to the public on October 13, 2023.
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List of 2024 long weekends in the Philippines
- December 30 and 31, 2023 to January 1, 2024 (Saturday to Monday) - New Year's Day
- March 28 to 31 (Thursday to Sunday) - Holy Week
- August 24 to 26 (Saturday to Monday ) - National Heroes' Day
- November 1 to 3 (Friday to Sunday) - All Saint's Day
- December 28 to 31 (Saturday to Tuesday - (Rizal Day and the last day of 2024)
By official count, we're getting five long weekends in the Philippines in 2024. You can also take a leave on Monday, April 8 to bridge that gap for Tuesday, April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan) and the announced holiday for April 10 to mark the end of Ramadan.
December 23 isn't a holiday as of now, but our fingers are crossed that they decide to declare it a non-working day, too.
UPDATED (April 4, 2024): This article was updated after April 10 was announced a holiday in honor of the end of Ramadan.