Holiday Guide for Sint Maarten in 2025

Sint Maarten 2025
Sint Maarten
2025

Sint Maarten information

Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.

Population: 40,812
Capital: Philipsburg
Calling Code: (1)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Netherlands Antillean guilder
Language: Dutch

List of Public Holidays in Sint Maarten in 2025

New Year's Day


New Year's Day

Sint Maarten: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel

Good Friday

 Long Weekend! 
Good Friday

Sint Maarten: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.

Easter Sunday


Easter Sunday

Sint Maarten: 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.

Easter Monday

 Long Weekend! 
Easter Monday

Sint Maarten: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus

King's Day


King's Day

Sint Maarten: Officially commemorates the birthday of King Willem-Alexander who was born on 27 April 1967.

Carnival Day


Carnival Day

Sint Maarten: The carnival is celebrated on Queen Juliana's Birthday

Labour Day


Labour Day

Sint Maarten: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement

Ascension Day


Ascension Day

Sint Maarten: This day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection. It is perhaps the earliest observed celebration in Christianity.

Whit Sunday


Whit Sunday

Sint Maarten: Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter

Emancipation Day


Emancipation Day

Sint Maarten: On July 1st 1863, slavery was made illegal in Surinam and the Dutch Antilles.

Constitution Day

 Long Weekend! 
Constitution Day

Sint Maarten: The constitution came into force on October 10th 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

Sint Maarten's Day


Sint Maarten's Day

Sint Maarten: On St. Martin's day in 1493, Christopher Columbus sighted the island, naming it after the Saint

Christmas Day


Christmas Day

Sint Maarten: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC

St. Stephen's Day

 Long Weekend! 
St. Stephen's Day

Sint Maarten: December 26th is the Feast of St. Stephen in Western Christianity. It is observed as a second day of Christmas holidays in several countries.