21 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day αα·ααΆαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααα | Public |
| Thu, Jan 7 | Thursday | Victory over Genocide Day αα·ααΆααααααααααΎαααααααααααΌαααΆααα | Public |
| Tue, Mar 8 | Tuesday | International Women's Day αα·ααΆααΆααΈα’ααααααΆαα· | Public |
| Thu, Apr 14 | Thursday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Fri, Apr 15 | Friday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Sat, Apr 16 | Saturday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | Labour Day αα·ααΆααααααα’ααααααΆαα· | Public |
| Sat, May 14 | Saturday | King Sihamoni's Birthday ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα ααααααα»ααΆ ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ | Public |
| Tue, May 24 | Tuesday | Royal Ploughing Ceremony ααααααΆααα·ααΈα αααααααααααααα | Public |
| Sat, Jun 18 | Saturday | Queen Mother's Birthday ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα αααααα αααααα αΆαααααααΈ ααααααα αα»αα·ααΆα ααΈα αα» | Public |
| Sat, Sep 24 | Saturday | Constitution Day αα·ααΆαααααΆααααααααααα»ααα | Public |
| Fri, Sep 30 | Friday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Sat, Oct 1 | Saturday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Sun, Oct 2 | Sunday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Sat, Oct 15 | Saturday | Commemoration Day of the King's Father ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααα·ααααΆαααααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααα ααααααα ααΈα αα» | Public |
| Sat, Oct 29 | Saturday | Coronation Day of King Sihamoni ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααααααΆααααααααα·ααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααααααααΆα ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ | Public |
| Wed, Nov 9 | Wednesday | National Independence Day αα·ααΆαα»αααα―αααΆαααααΆαα· | Public |
| Sun, Nov 13 | Sunday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Mon, Nov 14 | Monday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Tue, Nov 15 | Tuesday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Thu, Dec 29 | Thursday | Cambodia Peace Day αα·ααΆααααα·ααΆααα ααααα»ααΆ | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 Β· Friday
New Year's Day
αα·ααΆαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααα
Public
Thu, Jan 7 Β· Thursday
Victory over Genocide Day
αα·ααΆααααααααααΎαααααααααααΌαααΆααα
Public
Tue, Mar 8 Β· Tuesday
International Women's Day
αα·ααΆααΆααΈα’ααααααΆαα·
Public
Thu, Apr 14 Β· Thursday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Fri, Apr 15 Β· Friday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Sat, Apr 16 Β· Saturday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Sun, May 1 Β· Sunday
Labour Day
αα·ααΆααααααα’ααααααΆαα·
Public
Sat, May 14 Β· Saturday
King Sihamoni's Birthday
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα ααααααα»ααΆ ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ
Public
Tue, May 24 Β· Tuesday
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
ααααααΆααα·ααΈα αααααααααααααα
Public
Sat, Jun 18 Β· Saturday
Queen Mother's Birthday
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα αααααα αααααα αΆαααααααΈ ααααααα αα»αα·ααΆα ααΈα αα»
Public
Sat, Sep 24 Β· Saturday
Constitution Day
αα·ααΆαααααΆααααααααααα»ααα
Public
Fri, Sep 30 Β· Friday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Sat, Oct 1 Β· Saturday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Sun, Oct 2 Β· Sunday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Sat, Oct 15 Β· Saturday
Commemoration Day of the King's Father
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααα·ααααΆαααααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααα ααααααα ααΈα αα»
Public
Sat, Oct 29 Β· Saturday
Coronation Day of King Sihamoni
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααααααΆααααααααα·ααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααααααααΆα ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ
Public
Wed, Nov 9 Β· Wednesday
National Independence Day
αα·ααΆαα»αααα―αααΆαααααΆαα·
Public
Sun, Nov 13 Β· Sunday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Mon, Nov 14 Β· Monday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Tue, Nov 15 Β· Tuesday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Thu, Dec 29 Β· Thursday
Cambodia Peace Day
αα·ααΆααααα·ααΆααα ααααα»ααΆ
Public
Total holidays
21
in 2016
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
See Cambodia's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Cambodia marks 21 official public holidays across 2016. These are the days on which banks, government offices, and most schools close, and when many private employers either close entirely or operate at reduced capacity. The list above is sourced from Nager.Date, which compiles each country's official gazette entries. If you are a remote worker or freelancer billing clients in Cambodia, this list tells you which dates payroll runs, post arrives, and meetings stand a real chance of happening.
Some holidays in Cambodia are fixed dates that fall on whatever day of the week they land on, while others are observed on the closest Monday or Friday to create a long weekend. The Day column above tells you exactly when each holiday lands in 2016. A holiday that lands on a Saturday or Sunday is sometimes given a substitute day off on the following Monday; the source data marks those substitutions where they apply.
If you are visiting Cambodia, the holiday list tells you when to expect heavier domestic travel, busier restaurants, and quieter office districts. The big retail holidays move shopping crowds; the religious holidays move family travel. Either way, the dates above are the ones to mark in your own calendar before you book trains or internal flights for the year.