2021 Philippine Holidays

Philippines is one of the countries in the world that has the most public holidays. Holidays here is grouped into 2 category – the Regular holiday and the Special Holiday. The Regular Holiday has a fixed date while the Special Holidays are flexible. Special Holidays also divided into two groups the Non-Working Special Holiday and the Working Special Holiday.

As a traveler, it is always on our agenda every start of the year to check the holidays schedules for them to start planning.

For the year 2021, the Philippine have 11 regular holidays, 9 special non-working holidays  and 2 additional special non-working holidays.

List of Holidays in the Philippines for the year 2021

1. January 1, 2021 – Friday (New Year’s Day) – Regular Holiday
2. February 12, 2021 – Friday (Chinese New Year) – Special Non-Working Holiday
3. February 25, 2021 – Thursday (EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary) – Special Non-Working Holiday
4. April 1, 2021 – Thursday (Maundy Thursday) – Regular Holiday
5. April 2, 2021 – Friday (Good Friday) — Regular Holiday
6. April 3, 2021 – Saturday (Black Saturday) – Special Non-Working Holiday
7. April 9, 2021 – Friday (Araw ng Kagitingan) –– Regular Holiday
8. May 1, 2021 – Saturday (Labor Day) – Regular Holiday
9. June 12, 2021 – Saturday (Independence Day) – Regular Holiday
10. August 21, 2021 – Saturday (Ninoy Aquino Day) –Special Non-Working Holiday
11. August 30, 2021 – Monday (National Heroes’ Day) – Regular Holiday
12. November 1, 2021 – Monday (All Saints’ Day) –Special Non-Working Holiday
13. November 2, 2021 – Tuesday (All Souls’ Day) – Additional Special Non -Working Holiday
14. November 30, 2021 – Tuesday (Bonifacio Day) – Regular Holiday
15. December 8, 2021 – Wednesday (Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary) – Special Non-Working Holiday
16. December 24, 2021 – Friday (Christmas Eve) – Additional Special Non– Working Holiday
17. December 25, 2021 – Saturday (Christmas Day) – Regular Holiday
18. December 30, 2021 – Thursday (Rizal Day)- Regular Holiday
19. December 31, 2021 – Friday (last day of the year) Special Non-Working Holiday

Additional special non-working holiday intended for The Eid’l Fitr (the end of Ramadan) and the Eid’al Adha (the feast of sacrifice) which exact date will be determined according to Islamic Calendar and will be known later to the public.

To better managed our travel, aside from knowing the holidays schedules, we should also check those holidays that fall on weekend so that we can enjoy the long weekend.

For the year 2021 the Philippines have 7 long weekends.

1. New Year Weekend – January 1 to 3 (three days: Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
2. Chinese New Year Weekend – February 12 to 14(three days: Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
3. Holy Week Weekend – April 1 to 4 (four days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
4. National Heroes’ Day Weekend – August 28 to 30 (three days: Saturday, Sunday, & Monday )
5. All Saint’s Day Weekend – October 30 to November 2 (four days: Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday)
6. Christmas Weekend – December 24 to 26 (three days: Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
7. End of the Year Weekend – December 30 to January 2, 2022 (Four days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

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