Holidays in Saudi Arabia 2028
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: September 8, 2026
The 2028 Saudi Arabia holiday table below lists 10 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 7 fall on a working day of the Sunday-to-Thursday week and 3 land on a weekend, leaving 254 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; 1 is marked observed or additional, the day a holiday was moved to or a further day granted with it.
2028 public holidays calendar
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 22 | Tuesday | Founding Day |
| Feb 26 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Fitr (day 1) |
| Feb 27 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (day 2) |
| Feb 28 | Monday | Eid al-Fitr (day 3) |
| Feb 29 | Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (day 4) |
| May 4 | Thursday | Arafat Day |
| May 5 | Friday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 1) |
| May 6 | Saturday (weekend) | Eid al-Adha (day 2) |
| May 7 | Sunday | Eid al-Adha (day 3) |
| Sep 24 | Sunday | Saudi National Day (observed) |
2028 year summary
Total days
366
Weekend days
105
Public holidays, Sunday to Thursday
7
Working days
254
The 3 weekend dates in 2028 fall on a Friday or Saturday, days the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 7 working-day dates. This table is the private-sector entitlement. Article 112 of the Labour Law gives every worker a fully paid holiday on the occasions the Implementing Regulations set, and Article 24 of the Regulations sets four: Eid al-Fitr for four days from the day after 29 Ramadan in the Umm al-Qura calendar, Eid al-Adha for four days from the Day of Arafat, National Day for one day on the first day of Libra in the Umm al-Qura calendar, and Founding Day for one day on 22 February. This calendar counts Sunday to Thursday and leaves Friday and Saturday out. A royal order of 23 June 2013, as the Saudi Press Agency reported it, made Sunday to Thursday the official working days and Friday and Saturday the weekly holiday in all ministries, government bodies and institutions, financial institutions, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Capital Market Authority and the Saudi Stock Exchange.
Sources for these rules
- Implementing Regulations of the Labour Law, art. 24: Eid al-Fitr four days from the day after 29 Ramadan (Umm al-Qura), Eid al-Adha four days from the Day of Arafat, National Day on the first day of Libra, Founding Day on 22 February; a day lost to the weekly rest is made up before or after (Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development)
- Labour Law, art. 104(1): Friday the weekly rest day for all workers, which the employer may replace for some after notifying the labour office; art. 112: paid holidays on the occasions the Regulations set (Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development)
- Royal order of 23 June 2013: official working days Sunday to Thursday, weekly holiday Friday and Saturday, for ministries, financial institutions, SAMA, the CMA and the Saudi Stock Exchange (Saudi Press Agency)
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Holidays not included
Article 24 also deals with overlaps. Where days of these holidays overlap the weekly rest, Article 24 has the worker compensated with the equivalent before or after those days; it does not say which day. The calculator's data adds no day for an Eid day that falls on a Friday or Saturday: 14 of the 48 Eid holiday days it lists from 2024 to 2029 do, and a count leaves each of them out once, as a weekend day. For the fixed-date days it lists Sunday 23 February 2025 instead of Saturday 22 February 2025 and Sunday 24 September 2028 instead of Saturday 23 September 2028. When National Day or Founding Day falls inside an Eid holiday, Article 24 gives no extra day. Article 104 of the Labour Law makes Friday the weekly rest day for all workers, which an employer may replace with another day for some of them after notifying the labour office, so a private employer's own week can differ from the one counted here.
Sources for these rules
- Implementing Regulations of the Labour Law, art. 24: Eid al-Fitr four days from the day after 29 Ramadan (Umm al-Qura), Eid al-Adha four days from the Day of Arafat, National Day on the first day of Libra, Founding Day on 22 February; a day lost to the weekly rest is made up before or after (Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development)
- Labour Law, art. 104(1): Friday the weekly rest day for all workers, which the employer may replace for some after notifying the labour office; art. 112: paid holidays on the occasions the Regulations set (Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development)
Checked October 13, 2026. All sources
Other years
Sources and verification
Official source: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (hrsd.gov.sa) (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on September 8, 2026.