Public and bank holidays
Local public holidays
Each local council in Scotland has powers to make certain days 'local' public holidays.
Find local public holidays on your council's website
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Edinburgh Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Highland Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- Moray Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
Bank holidays
Bank holidays are the same across Scotland. If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a substitute weekday becomes a bank holiday. This would normally be the Monday after the original date.
| Date | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Wednesday | New Year's Day |
| 2 January | Thursday | 2 January |
| 18 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 5 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 26 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 4 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 1 December | Monday | St Andrew's Day (substitute day) |
| 25 December | Thursday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Friday | Boxing Day |
Your employer does not have to give you paid leave on bank or public holidays. Check your employment contract for what days your employer agreed you could take.
Bank holidays might affect when:
Find bank holiday dates for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on GOV.UK.
Past bank holidays
| Date | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Monday | New Year's Day |
| 2 January | Tuesday | 2 January |
| 29 March | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 27 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 5 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 2 December | Monday | St Andrew's Day (substitute day) |
| 25 December | Wednesday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Thursday | Boxing Day |
| 2023 | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 26 December | Tuesday | Boxing Day |
| 25 December | Monday | Christmas Day |
| 30 November | Thursday | St Andrew's Day |
| 7 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 29 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 8 May | Monday | Coronation |
| 1 May | Monday | Early May |
| 7 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 3 January | Tuesday | 2 January (substitute day) |
| 2 January | Monday | New Year's Day (substitute day) |
| 2022 | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 27 December | Tuesday | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
| 26 December | Monday | Boxing Day |
| 30 November | Wednesday | St Andrew's Day |
| 1 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 3 June | Friday | Platinum Jubilee bank holiday |
| 2 June | Thursday | Spring bank holiday |
| 2 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 15 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 4 January | Tuesday | 2 January (substitute day) |
| 3 January | Monday | New Year's Day (substitute day) |
| 2021 | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 28 December | Tuesday | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
| 27 December | Monday | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
| 30 November | Tuesday | St Andrew's Day |
| 2 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 31 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 3 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 2 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 4 January | Monday | 2 January (substitute day) |
| 1 January | Friday | New Year's Day |
| 2020 | Day of the week | Bank holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 28 December | Monday | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 30 November | Monday | St. Andrew's Day |
| 3 August | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday |
| 25 May | Monday | Spring Bank Holiday |
| 8 May | Friday | Early May Bank Holiday (VE day) |
| 10 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 2 January | Thursday | 2 January |
| 1 January | Wednesday | New Year's Day |