Holidays in Egypt 2026
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 13, 2026
The 2026 Egypt holiday table below lists 21 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 16 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 5 land on a weekend, leaving 245 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 9 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day; 6 are marked observed or additional, the day a holiday was moved to or a further day granted with it.
2026 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | Wednesday | Coptic Christmas |
| Jan 29 | Thursday | Revolution Day (Police Day) (observed) |
| Mar 19 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr (eve, 30 Ramadan) |
| Mar 20 | Friday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 1) |
| Mar 21 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 2) |
| Mar 22 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (day 3) |
| Mar 23 | Monday | Eid al-Fitr (day 4) |
| Apr 13 | Monday | Sham El Nessim |
| Apr 25 | Saturday (weekend) | Sinai Liberation Day |
| May 7 | Thursday | Labour Day (observed) |
| May 26 | Tuesday | Arafat Day |
| May 27 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (day 1) |
| May 28 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha (day 2) |
| May 29 | Friday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 3) |
| May 30 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 4) |
| May 31 | Sunday | Eid al-Adha (day 5) |
| Jun 18 | Thursday | Islamic New Year (observed) |
| Jul 2 | Thursday | June 30 Revolution Day (observed) |
| Jul 23 | Thursday | Revolution Day (1952) |
| Aug 27 | Thursday | Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (observed) |
| Oct 8 | Thursday | Armed Forces Day (observed) |
2026 year summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
104
Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday
16
Working days
245
The 5 weekend dates in 2026 fall on a Friday or Saturday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 16 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
- Announcement of 1 October 2026: Thursday 8 October 2026 an official paid holiday for private-sector workers for Armed Forces Day, in place of Tuesday 6 October 2026; it reports Article 1 of Prime Minister's Decision No. 2898 of 2026 as making the same Thursday the paid holiday for the government sector, which this announcement lists as ministries, government departments, government bodies, public bodies, local administration units, public sector companies and public business sector companies (Ministry of Labour, Arab Republic of Egypt)
- News item of 29 September 2026: the Prime Minister issued a decision making Thursday 8 October 2026 an official paid holiday, in place of Tuesday 6 October 2026, for Armed Forces Day; the item lists ministries, government departments, public bodies, local administration units, public sector companies and public business sector companies, and gives no decision number (State Information Service, Arab Republic of Egypt)
- 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.