The New Year is fast approaching; are you not a bit curious when the next holiday and long weekends are? I know I am! I would love to plan my vacations as early as now.
In Proclamation No. 38, Malacañang Palace has already released the majority of the regular holidays and special non-working days for the upcoming year. There will be 17 Philippine holidays in 2024, some of which happen on weekends, but there will also be a few long weekends that are suitable for travel.
For the REGULAR HOLIDAYS (and long-weekends):
January
- December 30, 2023 (Saturday) – Rizal Day
- December 31, 2023 (Sunday) – Last day of the year
- January 1 (Monday) – New Year’s Day
March
- March 28 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
- March 29 (Friday) – Good Friday
- March 30 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
- March 31 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday
April
- April 6 (Saturday)
- April 7 (Sunday)
- April 8 (Monday) – file for leave
- April 9 (Tuesday) – Araw Ng Kagitingan
August
- August 24 (Saturday)
- August 25 (Sunday)
- August 26 (Monday) – National Heroes Day
November
- November 1 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 2 (Saturday) – All Souls’ Day
- November 3 (Sunday)
December
- December 28 (Saturday)
- December 29 (Sunday)
- December 30 (Monday) – Rizal Day
- December 31 (Tuesday) – Last day of the year
For the 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 Saint’s Day
- November 2 (Saturday) – All Soul’s Day
- December 8 (Sunday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
- December 24 (Tuesday) – Christmas Eve
- December 31 (Tuesday) – Last Day of the Year
