Public holidays · 2026

Public holidays in Kuwait 2026

Kuwait has 13 days of national public holidays in 2026, 9 on working days.

Next: رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day), Friday, 1 January 2027in 77 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Kuwait in 2026: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanThu	رأس السنة الميلاديةNew Year's Day	288 days ago
16 JanFriWeekend	ليلة المعراج (تقديري)Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)	273 days ago
25 FebWed	اليوم الوطنيNational Day	233 days ago
26 FebThu	يوم التحريرLiberation Day	232 days ago
20 MarFriWeekend	عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	210 days ago
21 MarSatWeekend	عطلة عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)	209 days ago
22 MarSun	عطلة عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)	208 days ago
26 MayTue	يوم عرفة (تقديري)Day of Arafah (estimated)	143 days ago
27 MayWed	عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha (estimated)	142 days ago
28 MayThu	عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)	141 days ago
29 MayFriWeekend	عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)	140 days ago
16 JunTue	رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري)Islamic New Year (estimated)	122 days ago
25 AugTue	عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)Prophet's Birthday (estimated)	52 days ago

At a glance

Kuwait in 2026

01Public holidays

13 days

9 on working days, 4 at the weekend (Friday and Saturday).

02Long weekends

4 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day)

Friday, 1 January 2027 · in 77 days

Days off in a row

Long weekends

Three or more days off in a row: the weekend (Friday and Saturday) next to a nationwide public holiday on a working day.

Thu 1 Jan – Sat 3 Jan
3 days offNew Year's Day
Wed 25 Feb – Sat 28 Feb
4 days offNational Day · Liberation Day
Fri 20 Mar – Sun 22 Mar
3 days offEid al-Fitr (estimated) · Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
Tue 26 May – Sat 30 May
5 days offDay of Arafah (estimated) · Eid al-Adha (estimated) · Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)

Sources and limits

About these dates

Dates come from the open-source python-holidays project (0.106, MIT licence), which follows each country’s laws and official calendars; Hourora built these tables from it on 13 October 2026. Names are shown as the source gives them, in the local language and in English, without machine translation.

Dates marked “estimated” follow lunar or religious calendars and can move by a day when they are announced. Days off decreed at short notice, such as bridge days, may be missing. Check with an official source before you book.

Long weekends count the weekend (Friday and Saturday) and nationwide public holidays only. “When” counts days by the local date in Kuwait.

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Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Kuwait have in 2026?

Kuwait has 13 days of national public holidays in 2026, 9 on working days. When two holidays fall on the same date, the day counts once.

When is the next public holiday in Kuwait?

رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day), on Friday, 1 January 2027.

How many long weekends does Kuwait have in 2026?

4: Thu 1 Jan – Sat 3 Jan (New Year's Day); Wed 25 Feb – Sat 28 Feb (National Day, Liberation Day); Fri 20 Mar – Sun 22 Mar (Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)); Tue 26 May – Sat 30 May (Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)).

Which public holidays in Kuwait fall on a weekend in 2026?

ليلة المعراج (تقديري) (Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)), Friday, 16 January 2026; عيد الفطر (تقديري) (Eid al-Fitr (estimated)), Friday, 20 March 2026; عطلة عيد الفطر (تقديري) (Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)), Saturday, 21 March 2026; عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)), Friday, 29 May 2026.