Holiday Guide for Gambia in 2024

Gambia information

Population: 2.42m
Capital: Banjul
Calling Code: (220)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Gambian dalasi
Language: English

List of National Holidays in Gambia in 2024

	Monday January 1st Long Weekend! New Year's Day Gambia: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Sunday February 18th Independence Day Gambia: Gambia gained full independence from colonial Britain on 18 February 1965.
	Monday February 19th Long Weekend! Independence Day (in lieu) Gambia: Gambia gained full independence from colonial Britain on 18 February 1965.
	Friday March 29th Long Weekend! Good Friday Gambia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Monday April 1st Long Weekend! Easter Monday Gambia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Wednesday April 10th Koriteh Gambia: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Thursday April 11th Koriteh Holiday Gambia: Second day of Public Holidays throughout The Gambia in observance of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr
	Wednesday May 1st May Day Gambia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Saturday May 25th Africa Day Gambia: Commemoration on May 25th of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity
	Monday May 27th Long Weekend! Africa Day (in lieu) Gambia: As Africa Day falls on a Saturday this year, Monday will be a public holiday.
	Monday June 17th Long Weekend! Tobaski Gambia: 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.
	Tuesday July 16th Yawmul Ashura Gambia: Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
	Thursday August 15th Assumption Day Gambia: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Monday September 16th Long Weekend! Milad Un Nabi Gambia: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Wednesday December 25th Christmas Day Gambia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC