Egypt Public Holidays 2027
Egypt has 13 national public holidays in 2027, starting with Christmas Day on 7 January 2027 and ending with Armed Forces Day on 6 October 2027. Three well placed days of leave buy 16 days away from work in 2027, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Dayعيد الميلاد المجيد | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| National Police Dayعيد الشرطة | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Revolution Day 2011عيد ثورة 25 يناير | Monday | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)عيد الفطر | Tuesday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Sinai Liberation Dayعيد تحرير سيناء | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Labour Dayيوم العمال | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Sham El Nessimشم النسيم | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)عيد الأضحى | SundayWeekend | Public holiday4 days | |
| Islamic New Yearرأس السنة الهجرية | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| 30 June Dayعيد ثورة 30 يونيو | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Revolution Dayيوم الثورة | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)المولد النبويّ | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Armed Forces Dayعيد القوات المسلحة | Wednesday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2027 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.
The busiest stretch is January (3 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. Five of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Use the table below to see each 2027 holiday in Egypt, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across Egypt.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Egypt have in 2027?
Egypt has 13 national public holidays in 2027. The first is Christmas Day on 7 January 2027 and the last is Armed Forces Day on 6 October 2027.
What is the first public holiday of 2027 in Egypt?
The first public holiday of 2027 is Christmas Day, which falls on 7 January 2027.
When is New Year celebrated in Egypt in 2027?
In 2027, Islamic New Year in Egypt is on 6 June 2027.
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 2027 to the next year?
Some of them do. Five of the 13 holidays in 2027 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 9 March 2027, Sham El Nessim on 3 May 2027 and Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) on 16 May 2027, 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 2027. 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 2027 worldwide overview.
Other years for Egypt
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Egypt public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Egypt 2027 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 2027 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.