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🇱🇻 Latvia public holidays 2026

Latvia has 23 public holidays in 2026, plus 41 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is New Year's Eve on December 31.

18 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Latvia in 2026

DateHolidayType
January 1ThursdayNew Year's DayJaungada dienaPublic holiday
January 20TuesdayCommemoration Day of Defenders of the Barricades in 19911991. gada barikāžu aizstāvju atceres dienaObservance
January 26MondayDay of the International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas starptautiskās (de jure) atzīšanas dienaObservance
February 27FridayWorld Non-Governmental Organization DayStarptautisko nevalstisko organizāciju dienaObservance
March 2MondayNational Partisan Armed Resistance Remembrance DayNacionālo partizānu bruņotās pretošanās atceres dienaObservance
March 8SundayInternational Women's DayStarptautiskā sieviešu dienaObservance
March 17TuesdayNational Resistance Movement Remembrance DayNacionālās pretošanās kustības piemiņas dienaObservance
March 20FridayMarch EquinoxObservance
March 25WednesdayCommemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorKomunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas dienaObservance
March 29SundayDaylight Saving Time startsOther
April 3FridayGood FridayLielā PiektdienaPublic holiday
April 4SaturdayHoly SaturdayObservance
April 5SundayEaster SundayPirmās LieldienasPublic holiday
April 6MondayEaster MondayOtrās LieldienasPublic holiday
April 27MondayLatgale Congress DayLatgales kongresa dienaObservance
May 1FridayLabour DayDarba svētkiPublic holiday
May 1FridayDay of the Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Satversmes sapulces sasaukšanas dienaPublic holiday
May 1FridayLabour Day/May DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayConstituent Assembly Convocation DayPublic holiday
May 4MondayIndependence Restoration DayPublic holiday
May 4MondayDay of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Neatkarības atjaunošanas dienaPublic holiday
May 8FridayDay of the Defeat of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War IINacisma sagrāves diena un Otrā pasaules kara upuru piemiņas dienaObservance
May 9SaturdayEurope DayEiropas dienaObservance
May 10SundayMother's DayMātes dienaPublic holiday
May 15FridayInternational Day of the FamilyStarptautiskā ģimenes dienaObservance
May 17SundayFirefighter and Rescuer DayUgunsdzēsēju un glābēju dienaObservance
May 24SundayPentecostVasarsvētkiPublic holiday
May 24SundayWhitsundayPublic holiday
June 1MondayInternational Day for Protection of ChildrenStarptautiskā bērnu aizsardzības dienaObservance
June 14SundayCommemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorKomunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas dienaObservance
June 17WednesdayDay of the Occupation of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas okupācijas dienaObservance
June 21SundayMedical Worker DayMedicīnas darbinieku dienaObservance
June 21SundayJune SolsticeObservance
June 22MondayHeroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)Varoņu piemiņas diena (Cēsu kaujas atceres diena)Observance
June 23TuesdayMidsummer EvePublic holiday
June 23TuesdayLīgo DayLīgo dienaPublic holiday
June 24WednesdayMidsummer DayPublic holiday
June 24WednesdayJāņi DayJāņu dienaPublic holiday
July 4SaturdayCommemoration Day of Genocide Against the JewsEbreju tautas genocīda upuru piemiņas dienaObservance
July 11SaturdayDay of the Sea FestivalJūras svētku dienaObservance
August 11TuesdayLatvian Freedom Fighters' Remembrance DayLatvijas brīvības cīnītāju piemiņas dienaObservance
August 21FridayDay of the Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a StateKonstitucionālā likuma “Par Latvijas Republikas valstisko statusu” pieņemšanas dienaObservance
August 23SundayDay of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and NazismStaļinisma un nacisma upuru atceres dienaObservance
September 1TuesdayKnowledge DayZinību dienaObservance
September 13SundayFather's DayTēva dienaObservance
September 22TuesdayBaltic Unity DayBaltu vienības dienaObservance
September 23WednesdaySeptember EquinoxObservance
October 1ThursdayInternational Day of Older PersonsStarptautiskā senioru dienaObservance
October 5MondayTeachers' DaySkolotāju dienaObservance
October 15ThursdayOfficial Language DayValsts valodas dienaObservance
October 25SundayDaylight Saving Time endsOther
October 31SaturdayHalloweenObservance
November 7SaturdayBorder Guards DayRobežsargu dienaObservance
November 11WednesdayLāčplēsis DayLāčplēša dienaObservance
November 18WednesdayDay of the Proclamation of the Republic of LatviaLatvijas Republikas Proklamēšanas dienaPublic holiday
November 18WednesdayRepublic of Latvia Proclamation DayPublic holiday
November 21SaturdayRemembrance Day of the Tragedy of 21 November 20132013. gada 21. novembra traģēdijas atceres dienaObservance
December 5SaturdayPolice DayPolicijas darbinieku dienaObservance
December 6SundayCommemoration Day of Victims of Genocide Against the Latvian People By the Totalitarian Communist RegimePret latviešu tautu vērstā totalitārā komunistiskā režīma genocīda upuru piemiņas dienaObservance
December 21MondayDecember SolsticeObservance
December 24ThursdayChristmas EveZiemassvētku vakarsPublic holiday
December 25FridayChristmas DayPirmie ZiemassvētkiPublic holiday
December 26SaturdaySecond day of ChristmasOtrie ZiemassvētkiPublic holiday
December 31ThursdayNew Year's EveVecgada dienaPublic holiday