Holidays in Latvia 2024 (non-working days, memorial dates, days of mourning)
In this article, All-Holidays.Info will talk about the following: holidays in Latvia 2024. We will provide lists of public holidays and non-working days, unofficial holidays and memorable dates. The information we provide is officially approved and regulated by the law of the Republic of Latvia on holidays.
Listed below are public holidays in Latvia in 2024. On these days, most residents of the country have a day off from work. In addition to the 12 official holidays, we have indicated two carryover days:
There will be an additional free day on Monday, May 6, since the Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia falls on Saturday.
The working day from December 23rd is moved to December 14th. Due to this, there will be a long weekend, from December 21 to 26, 2024.
Public holidays in Latvia 2024, when Latvians have an official non-working day:
January 1, 2024 (Monday) – New Year.
March 29, 2024 (Friday) – Good Friday.
March 31, 2024 (Sunday) – Easter.
April 1, 2024 (Monday) – Easter Monday.
May 1, 2024 (Wednesday) – Labor Day, the day of convening the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Latvia.
May 4, 2024 (Saturday) – Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia.
6 May 2024 (Monday) – Postponement of the Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia from Saturday 4 May.
June 23, 2024 (Sunday) – Ligo day.
June 24, 2024 (Monday) – Midsummer (summer solstice, John’s day).
November 18, 2024 (Monday) – Day of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia.
December 23, 2024 (Monday) – Change of working day to Saturday, December 14.
December 24, 2024 (Tuesday) – Christmas Eve.
December 25, 2024 (Wednesday) – First day of Christmas.
December 26, 2024 (Thursday) – Second Day of Christmas.
Unofficial holidays in Latvia 2024, memorable dates
Below are memorable dates, unofficial holidays and holidays in Latvia in 2024 when there is no official day off. For convenience, we have listed them in chronological order.
January 2024
January 7, 2024 (Sunday) – Orthodox Christmas is an unofficial holiday.
January 20, 2024 (Saturday) – Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the Barricades of 1991 – a day of mourning.
January 26, 2024 (Friday) – International (de jure) recognition day of the Republic of Latvia – a holiday.
February 14, 2024 (Wednesday) – Valentine’s Day is an unofficial holiday.
March 2024
March 2, 2024 (Saturday) – Day of Remembrance of the Armed Resistance of National Partisans – a day of mourning.
March 8, 2024 (Friday) – International Women’s Day – a holiday.
April 2024
April 4, 2024 (Thursday) – Shadow Day 2024 is an unofficial holiday.
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) – Latgale Congress Day is a holiday.
May 2024
May 9, 2024 (Thursday) – Europe Day – a holiday.
June 2024
June 1, 2024 (Saturday) – International Children’s Day is a holiday.
June 14, 2024 (Friday) – Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communist Genocide – a day of mourning.
July 2024
July 4, 2024 (Thursday) – Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Jewish People – a day of mourning.
July 13, 2024 (Saturday) – Maritime Rest Day is an unofficial holiday.
August 2024
August 11, 2024 (Sunday) – Day of Remembrance of Latvian Freedom Fighters – a day of mourning.
August 15, 2024 (Thursday) – Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – an unofficial holiday.
August 21, 2024 (Wednesday) – The day of adoption of the Constitutional Law “On the State Status of the Republic of Latvia” is a holiday.
August 23, 2024 (Friday) – Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism – a day of mourning.
September 2024
September 1, 2024 (Sunday) – Knowledge Day is a holiday.
September 8, 2024 (Sunday) – Father’s Day is a public holiday.
September 22, 2024 (Sunday) – Baltic Unity Day is a holiday.
October 2024
October 1, 2024 (Tuesday) – International Day of Older Persons is a public holiday.
October 6, 2024 (Sunday) – Teacher’s Day is a holiday.
October 15, 2024 (Tuesday) – National Language Day is a holiday.
November 2024
November 11, 2024 (Monday) – Lachplesis Day is a holiday.
November 21, 2024 (Thursday) – Day of Remembrance of the tragedy of November 21, 2013. – day of mourning.
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