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Botswana Holidays 2025

All public holidays, festivals and observances in Botswana for 2025

Total holidays

20

Public holidays

14

Long weekends

1

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Botswana holidays 2025

Showing 20 of 20 holidays

  • Jan1Wed

    New Year's Day

    Wednesday, January 1, 2025

  • Jan2Thu

    Public Holiday (January)

    Thursday, January 2, 2025

  • Mar20Thu

    March Equinox

    Thursday, March 20, 2025

  • Apr18Fri

    Good Friday

    Friday, April 18, 2025

  • Apr19Sat

    Holy Saturday

    Saturday, April 19, 2025

  • Apr21Mon

    Easter Monday

    Monday, April 21, 2025

  • May1Thu

    Labour Day

    Thursday, May 1, 2025

  • May11Sun

    Mother's Day

    Sunday, May 11, 2025

  • May29Thu

    Ascension Day

    Thursday, May 29, 2025

  • Jun15Sun

    Father's Day

    Sunday, June 15, 2025

  • Jun21Sat

    June Solstice

    Saturday, June 21, 2025

  • Jul1Tue

    Sir Seretse Khama Day

    Tuesday, July 1, 2025

  • Jul21Mon

    President's Day

    Monday, July 21, 2025

  • Jul22Tue

    Public Holiday (July)

    Tuesday, July 22, 2025

  • Sep22Mon

    September Equinox

    Monday, September 22, 2025

  • Sep30Tue

    Botswana Day

    Tuesday, September 30, 2025

  • Oct1Wed

    Public Holiday (October)

    Wednesday, October 1, 2025

  • Dec21Sun

    December Solstice

    Sunday, December 21, 2025

  • Dec25Thu

    Christmas Day

    Thursday, December 25, 2025

  • Dec26Fri

    Boxing Day

    Friday, December 26, 2025

We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday list for Botswana. However, some holiday dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.

Frequently asked questions

How many holidays are there in Botswana in 2025?

There are 14 public holidays and 20 holidays and observances in total in Botswana in 2025. Planning ahead? Check upcoming holidays

How do I add Botswana holidays to my calendar?

Use the Subscribe to calendar link above to add an auto-updating feed to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or use Export → Calendar (.ics) to download this year's holidays.

How to retrieve the Botswana holidays list via API?

Make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=BW&year=2025 to retrieve this list. Here is an example using our official package on NPM:

// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({
  country: 'BW',
  year: '2025'
});
API Examples
Quick start examples in different programming languages
curl -X GET "https://api.11holidays.com/v1/holidays?country=BW&year=2025" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Learn more in the API docs