Barbados records 12 holidays in 2025. 12 are nationwide public holidays and 0 apply only in certain regions. Independence Day (30 Nov 2025) falls on a weekend in 2025, so it hands back no extra day off. Errol Barrow Day (21 Jan 2025), Labour Day (1 May 2025) and Christmas Day (25 Dec 2025) sit on a Tuesday or Thursday: book the Mondays and Fridays and each becomes a four-day break. The busiest month is Apr, with 3 of them. The longest run without one is 118 days, between 4 Aug 2025 and 30 Nov 2025. The last was Boxing Day on 26 Dec 2025.
New Year's Day
Nationwide
Errol Barrow Day
Nationwide
Good Friday
Nationwide
Easter Monday
Nationwide
National Heroes' Day
Nationwide
Labour Day
Nationwide
Whit Monday
Nationwide
Emancipation Day
Nationwide
Kadooment Day
Nationwide
Independence Day
Nationwide
Christmas Day
Nationwide
Boxing Day
Nationwide
● Public most things closed · ● Bank banks only · ● Regional some areas · ● School term dates
Planning leave? See working days in Barbados for 2025.