21 official public holidays in 2017, with 0 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day αα·ααΆαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααα | Public |
| Sat, Jan 7 | Saturday | Victory over Genocide Day αα·ααΆααααααααααΎαααααααααααΌαααΆααα | Public |
| Wed, Mar 8 | Wednesday | International Women's Day αα·ααΆααΆααΈα’ααααααΆαα· | Public |
| Fri, Apr 14 | Friday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Sat, Apr 15 | Saturday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Sun, Apr 16 | Sunday | Khmer New Year αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα· | Public |
| Mon, May 1 | Monday | Labour Day αα·ααΆααααααα’ααααααΆαα· | Public |
| Sun, May 14 | Sunday | King Sihamoni's Birthday ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα ααααααα»ααΆ ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ | Public |
| Sun, May 14 | Sunday | Royal Ploughing Ceremony ααααααΆααα·ααΈα αααααααααααααα | Public |
| Sun, Jun 18 | Sunday | Queen Mother's Birthday ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα αααααα αααααα αΆαααααααΈ ααααααα αα»αα·ααΆα ααΈα αα» | Public |
| Tue, Sep 19 | Tuesday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Wed, Sep 20 | Wednesday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Thu, Sep 21 | Thursday | Pchum Ben αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα | Public |
| Sun, Sep 24 | Sunday | Constitution Day αα·ααΆαααααΆααααααααααα»ααα | Public |
| Sun, Oct 15 | Sunday | Commemoration Day of the King's Father ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααα·ααααΆαααααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααα ααααααα ααΈα αα» | Public |
| Sun, Oct 29 | Sunday | Coronation Day of King Sihamoni ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααααααΆααααααααα·ααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααααααααΆα ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ | Public |
| Thu, Nov 2 | Thursday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Fri, Nov 3 | Friday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Sat, Nov 4 | Saturday | Water Festival αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα | Public |
| Thu, Nov 9 | Thursday | National Independence Day αα·ααΆαα»αααα―αααΆαααααΆαα· | Public |
| Fri, Dec 29 | Friday | Cambodia Peace Day αα·ααΆααααα·ααΆααα ααααα»ααΆ | Public |
Sun, Jan 1 Β· Sunday
New Year's Day
αα·ααΆαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααα
Public
Sat, Jan 7 Β· Saturday
Victory over Genocide Day
αα·ααΆααααααααααΎαααααααααααΌαααΆααα
Public
Wed, Mar 8 Β· Wednesday
International Women's Day
αα·ααΆααΆααΈα’ααααααΆαα·
Public
Fri, Apr 14 Β· Friday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Sat, Apr 15 Β· Saturday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Sun, Apr 16 Β· Sunday
Khmer New Year
αα·ααΈαα»αααα αΌαααααΆαααααΈ αααααααΈααΆαα·
Public
Mon, May 1 Β· Monday
Labour Day
αα·ααΆααααααα’ααααααΆαα·
Public
Sun, May 14 Β· Sunday
King Sihamoni's Birthday
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα ααααααα»ααΆ ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ
Public
Sun, May 14 Β· Sunday
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
ααααααΆααα·ααΈα αααααααααααααα
Public
Sun, Jun 18 Β· Sunday
Queen Mother's Birthday
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαα»αααα ααααΎααααααααα αααααα αααααα αΆαααααααΈ ααααααα αα»αα·ααΆα ααΈα αα»
Public
Tue, Sep 19 Β· Tuesday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Wed, Sep 20 Β· Wednesday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Thu, Sep 21 Β· Thursday
Pchum Ben
αα·ααΈαα»ααααααα»ααα·ααα
Public
Sun, Sep 24 Β· Sunday
Constitution Day
αα·ααΆαααααΆααααααααααα»ααα
Public
Sun, Oct 15 Β· Sunday
Commemoration Day of the King's Father
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααα·ααααΆαααααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααα ααααααα ααΈα αα»
Public
Sun, Oct 29 Β· Sunday
Coronation Day of King Sihamoni
ααααααΆααα·ααΈαααααααααααααΆααααααααα·ααααααααααα»ααΆααααααΆααααααα αααααααααΆα ααααααα ααΈα αα»ααΈ
Public
Thu, Nov 2 Β· Thursday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Fri, Nov 3 Β· Friday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Sat, Nov 4 Β· Saturday
Water Festival
αα·ααΈαα»αααα’α»αααΌα αααααααααααΈα α’αα’ααα»α αα·ααααααααααα
Public
Thu, Nov 9 Β· Thursday
National Independence Day
αα·ααΆαα»αααα―αααΆαααααΆαα·
Public
Fri, Dec 29 Β· Friday
Cambodia Peace Day
αα·ααΆααααα·ααΆααα ααααα»ααΆ
Public
Total holidays
21
in 2017
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2017
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2017
See Cambodia's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Cambodia marks 21 official public holidays across 2017. 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 2017. 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.