Egypt Public Holidays 2026
Egypt has 13 national public holidays in 2026, starting with Christmas Day on 7 January 2026 and ending with Armed Forces Day on 6 October 2026. Five well placed days of leave buy 20 days away from work in 2026, because five holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Dayعيد الميلاد المجيد | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| National Police Dayعيد الشرطة | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Revolution Day 2011عيد ثورة 25 يناير | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)عيد الفطر | Friday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Sham El Nessimشم النسيم | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Sinai Liberation Dayعيد تحرير سيناء | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Labour Dayيوم العمال | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)عيد الأضحى | Wednesday | Public holiday4 days | |
| Islamic New Yearرأس السنة الهجرية | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| 30 June Dayعيد ثورة 30 يونيو | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Revolution Dayيوم الثورة | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)المولد النبويّ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Armed Forces Dayعيد القوات المسلحة | Tuesday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Egypt calendar. No correction specific to Egypt has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Egypt.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
January is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. The table below lists every Egypt public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the Egypt calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Egypt have in 2026?
Egypt has 13 national public holidays in 2026. The first is Christmas Day on 7 January 2026 and the last is Armed Forces Day on 6 October 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Egypt?
The first public holiday of 2026 is Christmas Day, which falls on 7 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Egypt in 2026?
In 2026, Islamic New Year in Egypt is on 16 June 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Egypt?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Egypt are listed separately on the Egypt holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Egypt holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Five of the 13 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (islamic (hijri) calendar and linked to orthodox easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) on 20 March 2026, Sham El Nessim on 13 April 2026 and Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) on 27 May 2026, plus 2 more.
How far ahead is the Egypt calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Egypt.
Which Egypt holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Egypt holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Egypt with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Egypt
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Egypt public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Egypt 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2026 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.