National Holidays in Egypt in 2026

Egypt 2026

Egypt
2026

List of Holidays in Egypt in 2026

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Wednesday	Jan 07	Coptic Christmas	National Holiday
Sunday	Jan 25	Revolution Day January 25	National Holiday
Friday	Mar 20	End of Ramadan	National Holiday	Eid Al Fitr
Saturday	Mar 21	End of Ramadan Day 2	National Holiday
Sunday	Mar 22	End of Ramadan Day 3	National Holiday
Sunday	Apr 12	Coptic Easter Sunday	National Holiday
Monday	Apr 13	Sham El Nessim	National Holiday	Monday after Orthodox Easter. Spring Festival
Saturday	Apr 25	Sinai Liberation Day	National Holiday
Friday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Wednesday	May 27	Arafat Day	National Holiday
Thursday	May 28	Eid-el-Kibr	National Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Friday	May 29	Eid-el-Kibr Holiday	National Holiday
Saturday	May 30	Eid-el-Kibr Holiday	National Holiday
Sunday	May 31	Eid-el-Kibr Holiday	Government Holiday	Public Sector only
Tuesday	Jun 16	El Hijra	National Holiday	Hijri New Year
Tuesday	Jun 30	Revolution Day June 30	National Holiday
Thursday	Jul 23	Revolution Day July 23	National Holiday	National Day
Tuesday	Aug 25	Al-Mouled Al-Nabawy	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Friday	Oct 09	Armed Forces Day	National Holiday

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Notes

Islamic holiday exact dates are subject to moon sightings and may differ from the date given
Friday and Saturday is the weekend
Since 2020, Egypt has observed most mid-week holidays on Thursdays regardless of the day on which they fall and may also move those days to Sundays.

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