Public holidays · 2028

Public holidays in Kuwait 2028

Kuwait has 12 days of national public holidays in 2028, 7 on working days.

Next: رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day), Friday, 1 January 2027in 74 days

Nationwide

National public holidays

National public holidays in Kuwait in 2028: date, weekday, name and days until
Date	Holiday	When
1 JanSatWeekend	رأس السنة الميلاديةNew Year's Day	in 439 days
25 FebFriWeekend	اليوم الوطنيNational Day	in 494 days
26 FebSatWeekend	عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr (estimated)	in 495 days
26 FebSatWeekend	يوم التحريرLiberation Day	in 495 days
27 FebSun	عطلة عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)	in 496 days
28 FebMon	عطلة عيد الفطر (تقديري)Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)	in 497 days
4 MayThu	يوم عرفة (تقديري)Day of Arafah (estimated)	in 563 days
5 MayFriWeekend	عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha (estimated)	in 564 days
6 MaySatWeekend	عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)	in 565 days
7 MaySun	عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري)Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)	in 566 days
25 MayThu	رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري)Islamic New Year (estimated)	in 584 days
3 AugThu	عيد المولد النبوي (تقديري)Prophet's Birthday (estimated)	in 654 days
14 DecThu	ليلة المعراج (تقديري)Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)	in 787 days

At a glance

Kuwait in 2028

01Public holidays

12 days

7 on working days, 5 at the weekend (Friday and Saturday).

02Long weekends

5 long weekends

03Regional

None

04Next holiday

رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day)

Friday, 1 January 2027 · in 74 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.

Fri 25 Feb – Mon 28 Feb
4 days offNational Day · Eid al-Fitr (estimated) · Liberation Day · Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
Thu 4 May – Sun 7 May
4 days offDay of Arafah (estimated) · Eid al-Adha (estimated) · Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
Thu 25 May – Sat 27 May
3 days offIslamic New Year (estimated)
Thu 3 Aug – Sat 5 Aug
3 days offProphet's Birthday (estimated)
Thu 14 Dec – Sat 16 Dec
3 days offIsra' and Mi'raj (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 16 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.

python-holidays on GitHub All countries Time in Kuwait

Questions

Good to know

How many public holidays does Kuwait have in 2028?

Kuwait has 12 days of national public holidays in 2028, 7 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 2028?

5: Fri 25 Feb – Mon 28 Feb (National Day, Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Liberation Day, Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)); Thu 4 May – Sun 7 May (Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)); Thu 25 May – Sat 27 May (Islamic New Year (estimated)); Thu 3 Aug – Sat 5 Aug (Prophet's Birthday (estimated)); Thu 14 Dec – Sat 16 Dec (Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)).

Which public holidays in Kuwait fall on a weekend in 2028?

رأس السنة الميلادية (New Year's Day), Saturday, 1 January 2028; اليوم الوطني (National Day), Friday, 25 February 2028; عيد الفطر (تقديري) (Eid al-Fitr (estimated)), Saturday, 26 February 2028; يوم التحرير (Liberation Day), Saturday, 26 February 2028; عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (Eid al-Adha (estimated)), Friday, 5 May 2028; عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)), Saturday, 6 May 2028.