Official paid public holidays for 2025 in Cambodia.

Cambodia observes 28 official paid public holidays in 2025. Yes, twenty-eight. That's more than most countries give you in vacation days for an entire year, and yet somehow you'll still hear people complain about being busy.

These are the dates when government offices close, banks pretend they never existed, and your plans to get anything administrative done dissolve into the ether. If you're trying to schedule events, launch businesses, or simply exist as a functioning adult, consult this list first. Nothing ruins a grand opening like discovering it falls on the third day of Khmer New Year.

Some holidays span multiple days. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, then everybody is free on Monday too. Some move around the lunar calendar like they're personally avoiding your schedule.

All of them are non-negotiable, so plan accordingly or spend three days wondering why nobody answered your emails.

Pro tip: If you're organizing an event during Khmer New Year (April 14-16), Pchum Ben (September 21-23), or Water Festival (November 4-6), understand that half the city might be gone. The other half will be too hungover or spiritually occupied to attend your thing. Schedule around it or embrace the void.

Date	Holiday
Jan 01	International New Year Day
Jan 07	Victory over Genocide Day
Mar 08	International Women’s Day
Apr 14–16	Khmer New Year Day
May 01	International Labor Day
May 11	Visak Bochea Day
May 14	King’s Birthday, Norodom Sihamoni
May 15	Royal Plowing Ceremony
Jun 18	Queen Mother’s Birthday, Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
Sep 21–23	Pchum Ben Day
Sep 24	Constitutional Day
Oct 15	Commemoration Day of King’s Father, Norodom Sihanouk
Oct 29	King’s Coronation Day, Norodom Sihamoni
Nov 04–06	Water Festival Ceremony
Nov 09	Independence Day
Dec 29	Peace Day in Cambodia

Source: Prakas No. 218/24 (October 9, 2024) by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on paid public holidays for 2025.

Now stop reading and start planning. Or don't. Lord Penh can't tell you what to do with your life, only when the country will be closed.

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