Holidays in Egypt 2028
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 13, 2026
The 2028 Egypt holiday table below lists 18 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 12 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 6 land on a weekend, leaving 249 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 7 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day.
2028 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | Friday (weekend) | Coptic Christmasunconfirmed |
| Jan 25 | Tuesday | Revolution Day (Police Day)unconfirmed |
| Feb 26 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 1)approx. |
| Feb 27 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (day 2)approx. |
| Feb 28 | Monday | Eid al-Fitr (day 3)approx. |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Sham El Nessimunconfirmed |
| Apr 25 | Tuesday | Sinai Liberation Dayunconfirmed |
| May 1 | Monday | Labour Dayunconfirmed |
| May 4 | Thursday | Arafat Dayapprox. |
| May 5 | Friday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 1)approx. |
| May 6 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 2)approx. |
| May 7 | Sunday | Eid al-Adha (day 3)approx. |
| May 8 | Monday | Eid al-Adha (day 4)approx. |
| May 25 | Thursday | Islamic New Yearapprox. |
| Jun 30 | Friday (weekend) | June 30 Revolution Dayunconfirmed |
| Jul 23 | Sunday | Revolution Day (1952)unconfirmed |
| Aug 3 | Thursday | Prophet Muhammad's Birthdayapprox. |
| Oct 6 | Friday (weekend) | Armed Forces Dayunconfirmed |
approx. Entries tagged are projected, not announced: a lunar or Islamic date this site computed for a year the issuing authority has not yet published, or a holiday block whose days off the authority has not yet set. The announced dates can differ. Confirm against the issuing authority before relying on them for legally binding deadlines.
unconfirmed Entries tagged fall on a date a standing rule fixes, but the annual order or announcement that confirms the day off for this year has not been published yet. Confirm against the issuing authority before relying on them for legally binding deadlines.
2028 year summary
Total days
366
Weekend days
105
Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday
12
Working days
249
The 6 weekend dates in 2028 fall on a Friday or Saturday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 12 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
- 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.