Holidays in Qatar 2028

Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: September 8, 2026

The 2028 Qatar holiday table below lists 13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 9 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 4 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.

2028 public holidays calendar

Date	Day	Holiday	Notes
Feb 8	Tuesday	Qatar National Sports Day	Qatar National Sports Day on Tuesday February 8 falls mid-week, with at least two working days between it and the Friday-Saturday weekend on each side.
Feb 24	Thursday	Eid al-Fitr (eve, 28 Ramadan)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (eve, 28 Ramadan) (approximate) on Thursday February 24 sits next to the Friday-Saturday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Feb 25	Friday (weekend)	Eid al-Fitr (eve, 29 Ramadan)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (eve, 29 Ramadan) (approximate) on Friday February 25 falls in the Friday-Saturday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
Feb 26	Saturday (weekend)	Eid al-Fitr (day 1)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (day 1) (approximate) on Saturday February 26 falls in the Friday-Saturday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
Feb 27	Sunday	Eid al-Fitr (day 2)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (approximate) on Sunday February 27 sits next to the Friday-Saturday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Feb 28	Monday	Eid al-Fitr (day 3)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (approximate) on Monday February 28 is joined to the Friday-Saturday weekend by the holiday before it, with no working day in between.
Feb 29	Tuesday	Eid al-Fitr (day 4)approx.	Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (approximate) on Tuesday February 29 is joined to the Friday-Saturday weekend by the holidays before it, with no working day in between.
May 4	Thursday	Arafat Dayapprox.	Arafat Day (approximate) on Thursday May 4 sits next to the Friday-Saturday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
May 5	Friday (weekend)	Eid al-Adha (day 1)approx.	Eid al-Adha (day 1) (approximate) on Friday May 5 falls in the Friday-Saturday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
May 6	Saturday (weekend)	Eid al-Adha (day 2)approx.	Eid al-Adha (day 2) (approximate) on Saturday May 6 falls in the Friday-Saturday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
May 7	Sunday	Eid al-Adha (day 3)approx.	Eid al-Adha (day 3) (approximate) on Sunday May 7 sits next to the Friday-Saturday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
May 8	Monday	Eid al-Adha (day 4)approx.	Eid al-Adha (day 4) (approximate) on Monday May 8 is joined to the Friday-Saturday weekend by the holiday before it, with no working day in between.
Dec 18	Monday	Qatar National Day	Qatar National Day on Monday December 18 leaves Sunday December 17 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Friday-Saturday weekend.

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.

2028 year summary

Total days

366

Weekend days

105

Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday

Working days

252

The 4 weekend dates in 2028 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

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)

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

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources

Other years

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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.

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Qatar Holidays 2028 - FAQ

How many dates are on the 2028 Qatar holiday calendar?

13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed in 2028. Of those, 9 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 4 land on a weekend. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 8 are numbered days of a holiday that lasts more than one day. The complete list with dates and weekday placements is in the calendar table above.

How many working days does Qatar have in 2028?

Qatar has 252 working days in 2028 on the national-only count, after subtracting 105 weekend days and 9 weekday-falling public holidays. This is the national count: it uses only the dates in the table above, so a holiday kept only in one region or by one sector is not in it.

Which 2028 public holiday dates fall on a weekday?

9 of the 13 dates in the 2028 Qatar holiday table fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and reduce the working days count: Qatar National Sports Day (Tuesday, February 8); Eid al-Fitr (eve, 28 Ramadan) (approximate) (Thursday, February 24); Eid al-Fitr (day 2) (approximate) (Sunday, February 27); Eid al-Fitr (day 3) (approximate) (Monday, February 28); Eid al-Fitr (day 4) (approximate) (Tuesday, February 29); Arafat Day (approximate) (Thursday, May 4); Eid al-Adha (day 3) (approximate) (Sunday, May 7); Eid al-Adha (day 4) (approximate) (Monday, May 8); Qatar National Day (Monday, December 18).

Which 2028 holidays fall on a weekend and how are they handled?

4 of the 2028 dates fall on a weekend: Eid al-Fitr (eve, 29 Ramadan) (approximate) on Friday, February 25; Eid al-Fitr (day 1) (approximate) on Saturday, February 26; Eid al-Adha (day 1) (approximate) on Friday, May 5; Eid al-Adha (day 2) (approximate) on Saturday, May 6. Each is listed on its calendar date, and none of those entries takes a working day out of the count.