The government has published the dates of the 2024 public holidays in the official gazette, Magyar Közlöny. A significant change compared to 2023 will be the Christmas period, with an exceptionally high number of days off work. In exchange, however, we will have to work on several Saturdays. Let’s take a closer look at the public holidays, other rest days, and rescheduled working days in 2024.
Date | Name of holiday | Type |
1 January, Monday | New Year's Day | public holiday |
15 March, Friday | national holiday | public holiday (3-day weekend) |
29 March, Friday | Good Friday | public holiday (4-day weekend) |
1 April, Monday | Easter | public holiday (4-day weekend) |
1 May, Wednesday | Labour Day | public holiday |
20 May, Monday | White Monday | public hoilday (3-day weekend) |
19 August, Monday | rest day | |
20 August, Tuesday | national holiday celebrating the foundation of Hungary | public holiday (4-day weekend) |
23 October, Wednesday | national holiday celebrating the Revolution of 1956 | public holiday |
1 November, Friday | All Saints' Day | public holiday (3-day weekend) |
24 December, Tuesday | Christmas Eve | rest day (6-day "weekend") |
25 December, Wednesday | Christmas | public holiday (6-day "weekend") |
26 December, Thursday | Christmas | public holiday (6-day "weekend") |
27 December, Friday | rest day (6-day "weekend") |
In brief summary: In 2024, we will have 11 public holidays that fall on weekdays, 3 rest days, and 3 Saturday that will be working days.
Let’s look at the days off in 2024, month by month!
January 2024
In January, we will have one public holiday, 1 January. New Year’s Day will fall on a Monday.
February 2024
In the short month of February, there will be no public holidays or transferred working days.
March 2024
We will have two weekdays off in March:
- 15 March is a national holiday when we celebrate the 1848 Revolution and War of Independence. Since it falls on a Friday, we will have a 3-day weekend;
- 29 March is Good Friday, which means another long weekend.
April 2024
On 1 April, is Easter Monday, which means a long weekend. Combined with Good Friday, we will have 4 consecutive days off!
May 2024
In May we will have two extra days off:
- No work on 1 May, Wednesday, due to Labour Day. As it falls in the middle of the week, there will be no long weekend or rescheduled working days;
- 20 May is Whit Monday, so we will have a 3-day long weekend.
June and July 2024
There will be no public holidays in these two summer months.
August 2024
There will be two extra days off in August:
- 19 August, Monday, has been declared a rest day;
- 20 August, Tuesday is the national holiday when we celebrate the foundation of the week; due to the Monday being a rest day, we will have a long, 4-day weekend.
September 2024
There will be no public holidays in September.
October 2024
23 October, Wednesday, is a national holiday in the middle of the week.
November 2024
On 1 November, All Saints’ Day, we will have an extra day of rest; since it falls on a Friday, November will start with a long weekend.
December 2024
A bigger change in comparison with the previous years is expected in December, as the government aims to reduce working between the two holidays. Accordingly, there will be a 6-day “weekend”, with no working days on 26 and 27 December.
Saturdays rescheduled as working days in 2024
In 2023, there were no Saturday working days, but 2024 will be different. In exchange for the rest days, most people will have to work on the following Saturdays:
- 3 August – in exchange, 19 August will be a day off;
- 7 December – in exchange, 26 December will be a day off;
- 14 December – in exchange, 27 December will be a day off.
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