1 dayWed, Jan 1
New Year's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Dec 30–31) for 5 days off (Dec 28 – Jan 1).
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Long Weekends in Sierra Leone 2025
Sierra Leone has 5 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 4 days (Apr 18 – 21). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 4 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 5
- Longest break
- 4 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 4 days
- Weekend
- Sat–Sun
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Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
1 dayTue, Feb 18
Armed Forces Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
18
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Feb 17) for 4 days off (Feb 15 – 18).
2 daysSat, Mar 8 – Sun, Mar 9
89
3 daysSat, Mar 29 – Mon, Mar 31
Korité · Korité (substitute day)
293031
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 1–4) for 9 days off (Mar 29 – Apr 6).
4 daysFri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21
18192021
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 22–25) for 11 days off (Apr 18 – 28).
3 daysSat, Apr 26 – Mon, Apr 28
Independence Day · Independence Day (substitute day)
262728
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 22–25) for 11 days off (Apr 18 – 28).
3 daysFri, Jun 6 – Sun, Jun 8
678
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jun 2–5) for 9 days off (May 31 – Jun 8).
1 dayThu, Sep 4
Mawlid — a lone day off, bridge it:
4
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Sep 5) for 4 days off (Sep 4 – 7).
4 daysThu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28
25262728
Stretch it: take 3 days of leave (Dec 22–24) for 9 days off (Dec 20 – 28).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2d · Dec 30–31 | Dec 28 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 2–3 | Dec 28 – Jan 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 2–3 | Jan 1 – 5 |
| 4Best value | 1d · Feb 17 | Feb 15 – 18 |
| 9 | 4d · Feb 17 + Feb 19–21 | Feb 15 – 23 |
| 6 | 3d · Feb 19–21 | Feb 18 – 23 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 1–4 | Mar 29 – Apr 6 |
| 10 | 4d · Apr 14–17 | Apr 12 – 21 |
| 11 | 4d · Apr 22–25 | Apr 18 – 28 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 29 – May 2 | Apr 26 – May 4 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 2–5 | May 31 – Jun 8 |
| 6 | 3d · Sep 1–3 | Aug 30 – Sep 4 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 1–3 + Sep 5 | Aug 30 – Sep 7 |
| 4 | 1d · Sep 5 | Sep 4 – 7 |
| 9 | 3d · Dec 22–24 | Dec 20 – 28 |
| 8 | 3d · Dec 29–31 | Dec 25 – Jan 1 |
| 11 | 4d · Dec 29–31 + Jan 2 | Dec 25 – Jan 4 |
Computed from Sierra Leone's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.