Holidays in Qatar 2026
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: September 8, 2026
The 2026 Qatar holiday table below lists 14 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 9 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 5 land on a weekend, leaving 252 working days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 8 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day.
2026 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 10 | Tuesday | Qatar National Sports Day |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (eve, 28 Ramadan) |
| Mar 18 | Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr (eve, 29 Ramadan) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Dec 18 | Friday (weekend) | Qatar National Day |
2026 year summary
Total days
365
Weekend days
104
Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday
9
Working days
252
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 9 working-day dates. From 2026 the table follows Article 2 of Emiri Decision No. 57 of 2025, which sets the State's official holidays: National Day on 18 December, Sports Day on the second Tuesday of February, Eid al-Fitr from 28 Ramadan to the end of 4 Shawwal and Eid al-Adha from 9 to the end of 13 Dhu al-Hijjah; where a single working day separates two holidays, the Article makes it a holiday as well. The table adds no such day. Article 1 sets the working days at Sunday-Thursday with Friday and Saturday the weekly holiday. The 2024 and 2025 tables predate the decision, which is dated 25 November 2025, and their Eid al-Fitr blocks are longer: nine dates in each, against seven in 2026. The Eid al-Adha block has five dates in every year.
Sources for these rules
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Holidays not included
Other sectors keep other lists. Under Article 4 of the decision, the Qatar Central Bank and the financial institutions it supervises, and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority and the markets it regulates, take three working days for each Eid, the Central Bank's Governor fixing when the Eid al-Fitr holiday starts, plus 1 January and Bank Day on the first Sunday of March. Private employers follow the Labour Law (Article 6 of the decision): Law No. 14 of 2004 grants three working days for each Eid, one for Independence Day and three days the employer fixes (Article 78). The table follows the State's list, so for a bank or private-sector deadline it can count an Eid working day as closed.
Sources for these rules
- Emiri Decision No. 57 of 2025 (25 November 2025): working days Sunday to Thursday (art. 1); the official holidays, National Day, Sports Day, Eid al-Fitr 28 Ramadan to 4 Shawwal, Eid al-Adha 9 to 13 Dhu al-Hijjah, a single working day between two holidays part of them (art. 2); for the Central Bank, supervised institutions and markets, three working days per Eid, 1 January and Bank Day on the first Sunday of March (art. 4); the private sector under the Labour Law (art. 6); in force from its date (art. 8) (Al Meezan, the Qatari Legal Portal)
- Labour Law No. 14 of 2004, art. 78: three working days for Eid al-Fitr, three for Eid al-Adha, one for Independence Day and three working days whose dates the employer sets (Al Meezan, the Qatari Legal Portal)
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Other years
Sources and verification
Official source: Al Meezan, the Qatari Legal Portal (almeezan.qa) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on September 8, 2026.