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Holidays / Kenya

Kenya public holidays

Public holidays in Kenya, 2025

13 public holidays, 8 next to the weekend and 7 breaks of three days or more. Held from 2000 to 2027.

13Holidays in 2025
in 34 daysNext holiday
7Long weekends
28Years held
202520262027

Every public holiday in 2025

Nationwide days, with how each falls against the weekend

DateDayHolidayLocal nameFallsWhen
1 Jan 2025WedNew Year's Dayweekdaypast
30 Mar 2025SunEid al-Fitr (estimated)Idd-ul-Fitr (estimated)weekendpast
31 Mar 2025MonEid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)Idd-ul-Fitr (observed, estimated)long weekendpast
18 Apr 2025FriGood Fridaylong weekendpast
21 Apr 2025MonEaster Mondaylong weekendpast
1 May 2025ThuLabor DayLabour Dayweekdaypast
1 Jun 2025SunMadaraka Dayweekendpast
2 Jun 2025MonMadaraka Day (observed)long weekendpast
10 Oct 2025FriMazingira Daylong weekendpast
20 Oct 2025MonMashujaa Daylong weekendpast
12 Dec 2025FriJamhuri Daylong weekendpast
25 Dec 2025ThuChristmas Dayweekdaypast
26 Dec 2025FriBoxing Daylong weekendpast

By month

Public holidays in each month of 2025

JFMAMJJASOND

Long weekends

Three days or more off in a row

29 Mar to 31 MarEid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (observed, estimated)3 days
18 Apr to 21 AprGood Friday, Easter Monday4 days
31 May to 2 JunMadaraka Day, Madaraka Day (observed)3 days
10 Oct to 12 OctMazingira Day3 days
18 Oct to 20 OctMashujaa Day3 days
12 Dec to 14 DecJamhuri Day3 days
25 Dec to 28 DecChristmas Day, Boxing Day4 days

More on Kenya

In the API and MCP

The same calendar, free on every plan

/v1/holidays/upcoming

Every holiday in the next 1 to 365 days, all countries.

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/v1/holidays/long-weekends/{iso}

Long weekends and the days to take off, any country and year.

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/v1/holidays/school

School holidays by region and zone, with their days.

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/v1/holidays/matrix

Holidays per country per month, ready for demand models.

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