Holidays Latvia
Holidays and official dates, calendar Latvia 2026
Permanent date | |
| 1 January | New Year's Day |
| 20 January | Commemoration Day of Defenders of the Barricades in 1991 |
| 26 January | International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic |
| 8 March | International Women's Day |
| 25 March | Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist |
| 1 May | Labour Day; Convocation of the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Latvia |
| 4 May | Declaration of Independence Day |
| 8 May | The Crushing of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War II |
| 9 May | Europe Day |
| 14 June | Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror |
| 17 June | Occupation of the Republic of Latvia |
| 22 June | Heroes’ Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cesis) |
| 23 June | Ligo (Midsummer's Eve) |
| 24 June | Jani (Midsummer's Day/St John's Day) |
| 4 July | Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews |
| 11 August | Commemoration Day of Latvian Freedom Fighters |
| 21 August | Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a State and Actual Restoration of the Republic of Latvia |
| 1 September | Knowledge Day (First Day of School) |
| 22 September | Baltic Unity Day |
| 11 November | Latvian Freedom Fighters’ Remembrance Day – Lacplesis Day |
| 18 November | Latvian National Day |
| 5 December | Commemoration Day of Victims of Genocide Against the Latvian People by the Totalitarian Communist Regime |
| 25 December | First Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Christmas Eve |
| 31 December | New Year's Eve |
Flow date | |
| March, April | Easter |
| May | Mothers’ Day |
| March, April | Easter Monday |
| March, April | Good Friday |
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