Germany Public Holidays in 2024
Germany has a total of 100 holidays in 2024. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information displayed below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.
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| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Monday, January 1, 2024 |
| Epiphany | Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
| Franco-German Day | Monday, January 22, 2024 |
| Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Saturday, January 27, 2024 |
| Shrove Monday | Monday, February 12, 2024 |
| Carnival Tuesday | Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 14, 2024 |
| Valentine's Day | Wednesday, February 14, 2024 |
| Hizir Fast | Friday, February 16, 2024 |
| International Women's Day | Friday, March 8, 2024 |
| St. Patrick's Day | Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
| Anniversary of the March Revolution | Monday, March 18, 2024 |
| March Equinox | Wednesday, March 20, 2024 |
| Alevitic New Year | Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
| Good Friday | Friday, March 29, 2024 |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 1, 2024 |
| Eid ul Fitr | Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
| German Beer Day | Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
| First Day of Passover | Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
| Second Day of Passover | Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
| Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
| Sixth Day of Passover | Sunday, April 28, 2024 |
| Seventh Day of Passover | Monday, April 29, 2024 |
| Walpurgis Night | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
| May Day | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
| Father's Day | Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
| Mother's Day | Sunday, May 12, 2024 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, May 19, 2024 |
| Pentecost Monday | Monday, May 20, 2024 |
| Constitution Day | Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
| Corpus Christi | Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
| International Children's Day | Saturday, June 1, 2024 |
| European Bicycle Day | Monday, June 3, 2024 |
| First Day of Shavuot | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
| Second Day of Shavuot | Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
| Veterans Day | Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
| Car-free Sunday | Sunday, June 16, 2024 |
| Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Monday, June 17, 2024 |
| Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR | Monday, June 17, 2024 |
| Eid al-Adha | Monday, June 17, 2024 |
| June Solstice | Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
| St. John's Day | Monday, June 24, 2024 |
| Architecture Day | Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
| Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
| Ashura | Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
| Assumption of Mary | Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
| Anti War Day | Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
| European Heritage Days | Sunday, September 8, 2024 |
| German Language Day | Saturday, September 14, 2024 |
| German World Children's Day | Friday, September 20, 2024 |
| First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Saturday, September 21, 2024 |
| September Equinox | Sunday, September 22, 2024 |
| Rosh Hashana | Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
| Day of German Unity | Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
| Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Friday, October 4, 2024 |
| German Food Bank Day | Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
| Harvest Festival | Sunday, October 6, 2024 |
| Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Sunday, October 6, 2024 |
| Yom Kippur | Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
| Grandparents' Day | Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
| First day of Sukkot | Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
| Second Day of Sukkot | Friday, October 18, 2024 |
| Sixth Day of Sukkot | Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
| Seventh Day of Sukkot | Wednesday, October 23, 2024 |
| Shemini Atzeret | Thursday, October 24, 2024 |
| Simchat Torah | Friday, October 25, 2024 |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
| World Thrift Day | Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
| Reformation Day | Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
| Halloween | Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
| All Saints' Day | Friday, November 1, 2024 |
| All Souls' Day | Saturday, November 2, 2024 |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Saturday, November 9, 2024 |
| 9th of November | Saturday, November 9, 2024 |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Saturday, November 9, 2024 |
| St. Martin's Day | Monday, November 11, 2024 |
| National Day of Mourning | Sunday, November 17, 2024 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
| Sunday of the Dead | Sunday, November 24, 2024 |
| First Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 1, 2024 |
| Saint Nicholas Day | Friday, December 6, 2024 |
| Second Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
| Third Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
| Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
| December Solstice | Saturday, December 21, 2024 |
| Fourth Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
| Christmas Eve | Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
| Christmas Day | Wednesday, December 25, 2024 |
| Boxing Day | Thursday, December 26, 2024 |
| New Year's Eve | Tuesday, December 31, 2024 |