Planning business schedules or travel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Addis Ababa, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.

Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Addis Ababa observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Addis Ababa, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Patriots' Victory Day on May 5) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.

📅 Live Public Holiday Calendar — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

This is Ethiopia's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Ethiopia's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Addis Ababa and the rest of Ethiopia, not a separate Addis Ababa-specific calendar.

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🏛️ Official Statutory Public Holidays Applicable in Addis Ababa

These are Ethiopia's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Ethiopia's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Ethiopia, including Addis Ababa. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.

📖 Understanding Public Holidays in Addis Ababa

Public offices, banks and schools throughout Addis Ababa close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Ethiopia are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.

When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Addis Ababa, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.