Number of long weekends in Hungary in 2025: Full list revealed

Hungary’s 2025 calendar includes five long weekends, featuring one three-day, three four-day, and an exceptional five-day Christmas holiday. While some holidays fall on weekends, others are adjusted with “work Saturdays” to balance extra days off. Key dates include Easter, Pentecost, and 23 October, ensuring opportunities for extended breaks throughout the year.

Hungary’s 2025 calendar will feature several long weekends and adjusted workdays to accommodate public holidays. Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy has outlined the dates for long weekends and the corresponding Saturdays when work will be required to make up for these extra days off, 24.hu writes based on Portfolio’s report.

Long weekends in 2025

In 2025, there will be five long weekends, with one notable change: unlike 2024, there will be no six-day long weekends. Instead, 2025 will feature one three-day and three four-day long weekends, alongside an exceptional five-day long weekend for Christmas.

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• Three-day weekend:
  • 7-9 June (Saturday to Monday)
• Four-day weekends:
  • 18-21 April (Friday to Monday, Easter)
  • 1-4 May (Thursday to Sunday)
  • 23-26 October (Thursday to Sunday)
• Five-day weekend:
  • 24-28 December (Wednesday to Sunday, Christmas)

Hungarian national holidays

• 15 March (Revolution Day): Falls on a Saturday.
• 20 August (State Foundation Day): Falls on a Wednesday.
• 23 October (1956 Revolution): Falls on a Thursday, creating a four-day weekend.

Easter and Pentecost

• Easter: 18-21 April will form a four-day weekend, with Good Friday on 18 April.
• Pentecost: 7-9 June will create a three-day weekend, with Whit Monday on 9 June.

All Saints’ Day

All Saints’ Day (1 November) falls on a Saturday, meaning no long weekend will be possible.

Christmas and New Year’s

Christmas in 2025 brings a five-day long weekend (24-28 December). However, New Year’s Eve falls on a Wednesday, followed by New Year’s Day on Thursday, splitting the holiday midweek.

Adjusted workdays

To balance the extra days off, three Saturdays will be designated workdays in 2025:

• 17 May (to compensate for 2 May)
• 18 October (to compensate for 24 October)
• 13 December (to compensate for 24 December)

With these adjustments, 2025 promises a mix of holidays and adjusted work schedules, ensuring ample time for relaxation while maintaining productivity.

Free Christmas in 2025?

As we reported before, the Hungarian National Election Committee (Nemzeti Választási Bizottság, NVB) has approved a referendum proposal submitted by the Trade Union of Commercial Employees that seeks to designate 24 December as a public holiday. This step marks significant progress in the union’s efforts to expand recognised holidays in Hungary.

In its Wednesday session, the National Election Committee (NVB) validated a referendum initiative that would make 24 December an official public holiday. The proposal for certification was put forward by the Trade Union of Commercial Employees.

Currently, Hungarian law recognises the following as public holidays: 1 January, 15 March, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Whit Monday, 20 August, 23 October, 1 November, and 25-26 December. The proposed referendum question asks: “Do you agree that starting from the calendar year 2025, 24 December should be designated as a public holiday?”

Read also:

• Free Christmas for all? Hungary approves referendum proposal for 24 December holiday
• New public holidays wanted in Hungary

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