Holiday Guide for Samoa in 2024

Samoa 2024

Samoa
2024

Samoa information

Population: 198,410
Capital: Apia
Calling Code: (685)
Time Zone: +13 UTC
Currency: Samoan tālā
Language: Samoan

List of National Holidays in Samoa in 2024

	Monday January 1st Long Weekend! New Year's Day Samoa: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Tuesday January 2nd Day after New Year's Day Samoa, Samoa: Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration
	Friday March 29th Long Weekend! Good Friday Samoa: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Saturday March 30th Holy Saturday Samoa: Day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week. Commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb
	Sunday March 31st Easter Sunday Samoa: Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
	Monday April 1st Long Weekend! Easter Monday Samoa: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Monday May 13th Long Weekend! Mother's Day Samoa: Mother's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in May
	Saturday June 1st Independence Day Samoa: Marks Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962
	Monday August 12th Long Weekend! Father's Day Samoa: Father's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in August
	Monday October 14th Long Weekend! Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday Samoa: Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood
	Wednesday December 25th Christmas Day Samoa: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Thursday December 26th Boxing Day Samoa: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

Notes

If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be a public holiday.
The Public Holidays Act 2008 declares that the day before the general election and the election day should be declared as public holidays.

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