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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Latvia, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
The next public holiday in Latvia is
Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
In 87 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Europe/Riga
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Latvia public holidays in 2026
15 national closures in 2026, of 16 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Verified |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 5 April 2026 | Easter Sunday expected | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day expected | Verified |
| 4 May 2026 | Restoration expected | Verified |
| 10 May 2026 | Mother's Day expected | Verified |
| 24 May 2026 | Pentecost expected | Verified |
| 23 June 2026 | Midsummer Eve expected | Verified |
| 24 June 2026 | St John's Day expected | Verified |
| 18 November 2026 | Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia expected | Verified |
| 24 December 2026 | Christmas Eve expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 26 December 2026 | Second Day expected | Verified |
| 31 December 2026 | New Year's Eve expected | Verified |
The shape of Latvia’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
15 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Latvia, 2026
5 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on a Monday–Friday week. The corpus holds Sunday as this jurisdiction’s statutory weekly rest — corroborated — but a labour code names the day it guarantees, not the days custom adds, so it is cited above rather than computed from.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 6 Apr | 4 days | Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 4 May | 4 days | Labour Day, Restoration | no leave needed |
| 20 Jun – 24 Jun | 5 days | Midsummer Eve, St John's Day | take Mon 22 Jun |
| 24 Dec – 27 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Second Day | no leave needed |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Latvia, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory weekly rest | 1 | corroborated | — | 1 named source, sectors recorded separately |
| Statutory closures | 16 | 15 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 7 | 7 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 16 | 15 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| School terms and breaks | 20 | — | — | 4 calendars |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XRIS (41) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 6 | — | — | |
| Elections | 16 | — | — |
Not held for Latvia: Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Subdivision calendars. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Likumi.lv — Latvijas Vēstnesis (official publisher of the Republic of Latvia)
How Latvia keeps time
| Observances | 16 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 15 verified · 0 corroborated · 1 compiled, from 1 named source |
| Languages | English, Latvian |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XRIS |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Latvia dossier
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15 of 16 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 1 named source, and every row says which.
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