France Holidays in 2025
List of public holidays in France 2025 calendar
| Date | Day | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January | Wednesday | New Year's Day | National Holiday |
| 1st March | Saturday | Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) | Observance |
| 20th March | Thursday | March Equinox | Season |
| 30th March | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time |
| 31st March | Monday | Eid al-Fitr (Tentative Date) | Observance |
| 18th April | Friday | Good Friday | Local Holiday |
| 20th April | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance |
| 21st April | Monday | Easter Monday | National Holiday |
| 1st May | Thursday | Labor Day / May Day | National Holiday |
| 8th May | Thursday | WWII Victory Day | National Holiday |
| 25th May | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance |
| 29th May | Thursday | Ascension Day | National Holiday |
| 8th June | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance |
| 9th June | Monday | Whit Monday | National Holiday |
| 15th June | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance |
| 21st June | Saturday | June Solstice | Season |
| 14th July | Monday | Bastille Day | National Holiday |
| 15th August | Friday | Assumption of Mary | National Holiday |
| 22nd September | Monday | September Equinox | Season |
| 26th October | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time |
| 1st November | Saturday | All Saints' Day | National Holiday |
| 11th November | Tuesday | Armistice Day | National Holiday |
| 21st December | Sunday | December Solstice | Season |
| 24th December | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | Observance |
| 25th December | Thursday | Christmas Day | National Holiday |
| 26th December | Friday | St Stephen's Day | Local Holiday |
| 31st December | Wednesday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
We strive to provide an accurate and up-to-date holiday's list for France. however, please note that some holidays dates may change. If you discover any discrepancies, kindly report to us.
Note: Some holidays are color-coded based on the types of holidays. For example -
- Public Holidays
- Local Holidays
- Other Holidays
Frequently Asked Questions
How many holidays in France this year in 2025?
There are 11 holidays in France in 2025
How to retrieve the France holidays list via API?
Simply make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=FR&year=2025 API to retrieve this list of France holidays. Here is an example using Node.js and our official package on NPM.
// Install the 11holidays package from NPM
// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';
const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({ country: 'FR', year: '2025'});
console.log(holidays);