Holidays in Egypt 2024
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 13, 2026
The 2024 Egypt holiday table below lists 22 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 19 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 3 land on a weekend, leaving 243 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 10 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day; 3 are marked observed or additional, the day a holiday was moved to or a further day granted with it.
2024 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | Sunday | Coptic Christmas |
| Jan 25 | Thursday | Revolution Day (Police Day) |
| Apr 9 | Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (eve, 30 Ramadan) |
| Apr 10 | Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr (day 1) |
| Apr 11 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr (day 2) |
| Apr 12 | Friday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 3) |
| Apr 13 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 4) |
| Apr 14 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (day 5) |
| Apr 25 | Thursday | Sinai Liberation Day |
| May 5 | Sunday | Labour Day (observed) |
| May 6 | Monday | Sham El Nessim |
| Jun 15 | Saturday (weekend) | Arafat Day |
| Jun 16 | Sunday | Eid al-Adha (day 1) |
| Jun 17 | Monday | Eid al-Adha (day 2) |
| Jun 18 | Tuesday | Eid al-Adha (day 3) |
| Jun 19 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (day 4) |
| Jun 20 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha (day 5) |
| Jun 30 | Sunday | June 30 Revolution Day |
| Jul 11 | Thursday | Islamic New Year (observed) |
| Jul 25 | Thursday | Revolution Day (1952) (observed) |
| Sep 15 | Sunday | Prophet Muhammad's Birthday |
| Oct 6 | Sunday | Armed Forces Day |
2024 year summary
Total days
366
Weekend days
104
Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday
19
Working days
243
The 3 weekend dates in 2024 fall on a Friday or Saturday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 19 working-day dates. The table carries the holidays of the Presidency's National Holidays 2026 list: civil holidays (Revolution Day and Police Day, Sinai Liberation Day, Labour Day, June 30 Revolution Day, the 23 July Revolution Day and Armed Forces Day), Islamic holidays that follow the lunar calendar (Eid al-Fitr, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year and the Prophet's Birthday), Coptic Christmas on 7 January, and Sham El Nessim. The Eid holidays run over several days, so the table lists more dates than holidays. The government's workweek is Sunday-Thursday, with Friday and Saturday as the weekly holiday under Circular No. 1 of 2006.
Sources for these rules
- National Holidays 2024, as the Internet Archive captured the Presidency's page on 6 December 2024: the day taken off for each holiday of 2024, among them Eid Al-Fitr from Tuesday 09 April to Sunday 14 April, Labor Day on Sunday 05 May, the Islamic New Year on Thursday 11 July and the July 23 Revolution Day on Thursday 25 July (Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Internet Archive capture of 6 December 2024))
- مجلس الوزراء، 3 أبريل 2024: رئيس الوزراء: الفترة من 9 إلى 14 أبريل 2024 إجازة رسمية بمناسبة عيد الفطر (State Information Service, Egypt (archive of Cabinet statements and the Official Gazette))
- مجلس الوزراء، 23 أبريل 2024: 5 و 6 مايو 2024 إجازة رسمية بمناسبة عيد العُمال وشم النسيم (الأحد 5 مايو بدلاً من الأربعاء الأول من مايو) (State Information Service, Egypt (archive of Cabinet statements and the Official Gazette))
- الجريدة الرسمية العدد 26 مكرر أ، 3 يوليو 2024: قرار رئيس مجلس الوزراء رقم 2213 لسنة 2024، الخميس 11 يوليو 2024 إجازة رسمية مدفوعة الأجر بمناسبة رأس السنة الهجرية (State Information Service, Egypt (archive of Cabinet statements and the Official Gazette))
- مجلس الوزراء، 15 يوليو 2024: الخميس 25 يوليو 2024 إجازة رسمية بمناسبة ذكرى ثورة 23 يوليو، بدلا من يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 23 يوليو 2024 (State Information Service, Egypt (archive of Cabinet statements and the Official Gazette))
- Circular No. 1 of 2006 unifying the weekly holiday on Friday and Saturday (archived copy) (Egyptian Government Portal)
- National Holidays 2026: the day taken off for each holiday, ending with Armed Forces Day on Tuesday 6 October (Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt)
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Holidays not included
This table lists Egypt's nationwide public holidays only, counted on the government's Sunday-to-Thursday week.
Other years
Sources and verification
Official source: Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt (presidency.eg) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 13, 2026.