Quick answer
When is Good Friday 2025?
Friday, April 18, 2025
Good Friday 2025 is Friday, April 18, 2025. Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation. Check local schedules for schools, events, employers, and travel plans.
Open the April 2025 calendar, print a monthly PDF, or subscribe to the United States holiday calendar in Google, Apple, or Outlook.
Varies by state and location. See all U.S. public holidays for a full 2025 list.
Month calendar
April 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation.
Varies by state and location
Good Friday is not a U.S. federal public holiday, though some states, schools, markets, and employers may observe it.
What Good Friday means in the United States
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday in Western Christian calendars. Its date moves with Easter rather than staying on one March or April day. In the United States it is not a federal public holiday, though some states, schools, banks, and employers may follow their own schedules.
U.S. closure patterns are patchwork. Some state and local governments, private schools, and universities close; many public school districts stay open; most federal offices remain open. Financial markets sometimes observe Good Friday even when federal offices do not—always check the exchange holiday calendar for the session you care about.
For travel and retail, Good Friday often sits inside a longer Easter weekend. Some families treat Thursday–Monday as a soft break even without a federal mandate. If you are booking hotels near spring-break destinations, price the whole Easter cluster, not only Good Friday night.
Churches may hold services with parking and street impacts in dense neighborhoods. If you need quiet work hours, do not assume a national shutdown; assume uneven local availability instead.
International readers: many countries treat Good Friday as a statutory holiday. Do not map those rules onto U.S. federal tables. This page is U.S.-context planning around the movable Friday before Easter.
At a glance
- Movable: Friday before Easter Sunday; month-day changes yearly
- Not a U.S. federal public holiday
- Some markets, schools, and local governments still close—verify locally
- Often paired with Easter weekend travel demand
Practical planning
- If you trade, confirm the exchange holiday list for Good Friday that year.
- If you need a courthouse or DMV, check your state/county holiday PDF.
- If you travel for Easter, price Thursday through Monday as one demand block.
How 2025 compares to 2024
In 2024, the date was Friday, March 29, 2024; in 2025, it is Friday, April 18, 2025. It falls 19 calendar days later within the year than last year's occurrence. The recurring rule is unchanged, so use the exact date when planning leave, school notices, or travel.
Last year: Friday, March 29, 2024 · This page: Friday, April 18, 2025
Other U.S. observances in April 2025
Same month, different rules—useful when you are planning April travel or event spacing.
- Easter Sunday — Sunday, April 20, 2025
Weekends, time off, and scheduling
Long weekends, substitute days, and school make-up days vary. Use the exact date with your employer, school, or state calendar when planning travel and time off.
When Good Friday falls (multi-year)
Compare exact calendar dates and weekdays from 2023 through 2032 for travel, school, and work planning.
| Year | Date | Weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Apr 7 | Friday |
| 2024 | Mar 29 | Friday |
| 2025 this page | Apr 18 | Friday |
| 2026 | Apr 3 | Friday |
| 2027 | Mar 26 | Friday |
| 2028 | Apr 14 | Friday |
| 2029 | Mar 30 | Friday |
| 2030 | Apr 19 | Friday |
| 2031 | Apr 11 | Friday |
| 2032 | Mar 26 | Friday |
Questions about Good Friday 2025
When is Good Friday 2025, exactly?
Good Friday in 2025 is Friday, April 18, 2025 (use your local time zone for same-day events). The date on the calendar is fixed by the U.S. rule in our guide, not a guess. If you need a single ISO-style line for travel systems, the date is 2025-04-18.
Why does Good Friday land on that Friday in 2025?
Good Friday is the Friday before Western Easter Sunday, so its date changes each year with the Easter calculation. For many people, the more important part is the weekday: when the rule pins the day to a Monday, Thursday, Sunday, or an Easter-related offset, you can plan closures and family plans even before you look up the exact month-day.
How does the 2025 date compare to 2024?
In 2024, the date was Friday, March 29, 2024; in 2025, it is Friday, April 18, 2025. It falls 19 calendar days later within the year than last year's occurrence. The recurring rule is unchanged, so use the exact date when planning leave, school notices, or travel.
Is Good Friday 2025 a U.S. federal public holiday, and do banks and post offices close?
This date is not a universal “everyone is off work” U.S. federal public holiday in the same way as, for example, New Year’s Day. Good Friday is not a U.S. federal public holiday, though some states, schools, markets, and employers may observe it. If you are checking “open or closed” for a specific place, use that organization’s own holiday list rather than a generic U.S. label alone.
What about Good Friday in 2026—and how should I use the multi-year table?
In 2026, Good Friday is Friday, April 3, 2026. Use the table to compare several years at once and spot when the observance falls near a trip, budget cycle, or school-year boundary. Open the full year calendar to check adjacent holidays before finalizing plans.
Where can I see this day on a full U.S. holiday list and in my own calendar?
The United States public-holiday list for 2025 (with long-weekend notes) is on anycalendar.org/holidays/us. You can also open the april 2025 month view, the full 2025 year view, and use the subscribe and print tools on AnyCalendar to move these dates into Google, Apple, Outlook, or a PDF you can print.