Public Holidays in Malta
What days are public holidays in Malta and how do they affect the opening hours of its tourist attractions? Find out about public holidays in Malta and avoid unpleasant surprises during your trip.
Public holidays in Malta
- New Year's Day: January 1st.
- Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck: February 10th. According to the Bible, this is the day the saint landed in Malta in the year 60 in the middle of a heavy storm. St. Paul soon began to spread Christianity throughout the island.
- Feast of St. Joseph: March 19th.
- Good Friday: Variable date.
- Freedom Day: March 31st. It commemorates the final departure of British troops from the island on March 31st, 1979. Although independence had been agreed long before, this was the day on which the Maltese finally severed their ties with Britain.
- Worker's Day: May 1st.
- Sette Giugno: June 7th. This holiday honours the four people killed by British troops on June 7th, 1919 during riots on the island of Malta.
- Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul: June 29th.
- Feast of the Assumption: August 15th.
- Feast of Our Lady of Victories: September 8th. A day with a triple celebration: the birth of the Virgin Mary, the end of the great siege of 1565 and the surrender of Italian troops to the British in World War II.
- Independence Day: September 21st. The day Malta gained official independence from Britain in 1964.
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception: December 8th.
- Republic Day: December 13th. It commemorates the day Malta ceased to be part of the British Crown and became an independent republic.
- Christmas Day: December 25th.