United Arab Emirates Public Holidays 2025
The United Arab Emirates has 8 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with National Day (second day) on 3 December 2025. Three well placed days of leave buy 13 days away from work in 2025, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see United Arab Emirates in 2026 or United Arab Emirates in 2027.
Looking back: The United Arab Emirates observed eight national public holidays in 2025, the same number as in 2026. One fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against zero in 2026. The calendar produced two long weekends that year, as many as 2026 gives.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Dayرأس السنة الميلادية | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Eid al-FitrIf Ramadan runs a thirtieth day the break shifts by one day, because the start is counted from the end of Ramadan and confirmed by moon sighting. | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday4 days | |
| Arafah DayConfirmed by moon sighting, so it can move by one day. | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)عيد الأضØÙ‰ | Friday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Islamic New Yearرأس السنة الهجرية | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)المولد النبويّ | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| National Dayاليوم الوطني | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| National Day (second day)The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has in some years announced the two day block on 1 and 2 December instead, so confirm the pair each year. | Wednesday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a United Arab Emirates entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with 6 corrections applied to United Arab Emirates. See what we changed.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.
Expect the most closures around June (3 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. One of them falls on a weekend in 2025, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. The table below lists every United Arab Emirates public holiday for 2025 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across the United Arab Emirates.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does the United Arab Emirates have in 2025?
The United Arab Emirates has 8 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is National Day (second day) on 3 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in the United Arab Emirates?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in the United Arab Emirates in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in the United Arab Emirates is on 1 January 2025.
Are regional holidays included for the United Arab Emirates?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of the United Arab Emirates are listed separately on the United Arab Emirates holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the United Arab Emirates holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. Five of the 8 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (islamic (hijri) calendar), 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 Eid al-Fitr on 29 March 2025, Arafah Day on 5 June 2025 and Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) on 6 June 2025, plus 2 more.
How far ahead is the United Arab Emirates 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. This table also applies 6 corrections to the underlying open dataset, each checked against the legislation. The full list with sources is on the United Arab Emirates holiday hub.
Which United Arab Emirates holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. 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 United Arab Emirates holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare United Arab Emirates with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for United Arab Emirates
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the United Arab Emirates public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the United Arab Emirates 2025 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 2025 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.