Holiday Guide for Guinea in 2025

Guinea information

Population: 13.13m
Capital: Conakry
Calling Code: (224)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Guinean franc
Language: French

List of National Holidays in Guinea in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Guinea: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Thursday March 27th Lialat-al-Qadar Guinea: The night that the first verses of the Qu'ran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammad
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Korité Guinea: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Monday April 21st Long Weekend! Easter Monday Guinea: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day Guinea: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Sunday May 25th Africa Day Guinea: Commemoration on May 25th of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity
	Saturday June 7th Tabaski Guinea: Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
	Friday August 15th Long Weekend! Assumption Day Guinea: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Friday September 5th Long Weekend! Mouloud Guinea: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Thursday October 2nd Independence Day Guinea: Celebrates the anniversary of independence from France on 2 October 1958
	Saturday November 1st All Saints' Day Guinea: Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
	Tuesday November 11th Public Holiday Guinea: A public holiday to mark opening of major iron ore mining project.
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Guinea: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC