2024 is a leap year, which means it has 366 days. This happens every four years, aligning the calendar with the actual Earth year, which is approximately 365.25 days.
This makes 2024 generous with holidays, allowing many people to plan short and extended getaways and rest.
According to the calendar, 2024 has several bank holidays in store, and for this year, too, there are four three-day bank holidays.
Holidays in detail:
-Clean Monday: March 18, 2024
-March 25th: Monday, March 25, 2024
-May Day: Wednesday, May 1st
-Good Friday: May 3, 2024
-Good Saturday: May 4, 2024
- Easter Sunday: May 5, 2024
-Easter Monday: May 6, 2024
-Holy Spirit: Monday, June 24, 2024
-Fifteenth of August: Thursday, August 15, 2024
-October 28th: Monday October 28th 2024
-Christmas: Wednesday December 25th 2024
-Convocation of the Virgin Mary: Thursday, December 26th 2024
We expect a total of 4 opportunities for three days of holidays in 2024, with all of them concerning the weekend and Monday.
The first three days are Clean Monday, the 2nd is March 25th, the 3rd, although not valid for everyone, is of the Holy Spirit and finally, October 28th (Oxi Day).
Three days of Clean Monday 2024: 16 – 18 March
Three days of 25 March 2024: 23 – 25 March
Three days of the Holy Spirit 2024: 22 – 24 June
Three days of 28 October 2024: 26 – 28 October
Four days of Easter 2024: 3 – 6 May.
Two days of Christmas 2024: Wednesday, 25 December, and Thursday, 26 December.
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