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Public holidays in Maldives 2028

Maldives has 18 public holiday dates in 2028, 11 of them on a working day, and 5 long weekends. The next one is Republic Day, in 2 days (Wednesday, November 11, 2026).

Next holiday · Republic Day
2 days
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
  • Fri, Jan 1New Year's Dayin 53 days
  • Mon, Feb 8First Day of Ramadanin 91 days

2028 holiday calendar

18 entries
DateDayHolidayWhen
Jan 1SatNew Year's Dayin 418 days
Jan 28FriFirst Day of Ramadan estimatedin 445 days
Feb 26SatEid al-Fitr estimatedin 474 days
Feb 27SunEid al-Fitr Holiday estimatedin 475 days
Feb 28MonEid al-Fitr Holiday estimatedin 476 days
May 1MonInternational Worker's Dayin 539 days
May 4ThuDay of Arafah estimatedin 542 days
May 5FriEid al-Adha estimatedin 543 days
May 6SatEid al-Adha Holiday estimatedin 544 days
May 7SunEid al-Adha Holiday estimatedin 545 days
May 8MonEid al-Adha Holiday estimatedin 546 days
May 25ThuIslamic New Year estimatedin 563 days
Jul 23SunNational Day estimatedin 622 days
Jul 26WedIndependence Dayin 625 days
Aug 3ThuProphet's Birthday estimatedin 633 days
Aug 22TueThe Day Maldives Embraced Islam estimatedin 652 days
Nov 3FriVictory Dayin 725 days
Nov 11SatRepublic Dayin 733 days
observed

When a holiday falls on a weekend, many countries give the day off on the nearest working day instead. That substitute day is the 'observed' holiday.

estimated

Islamic and some other lunar holidays begin when religious authorities sight the new crescent moon. We show the expected date; the real day can move by one day and is confirmed only shortly before.

Long weekends in 2028

Assumes a Friday and Saturday weekend.

  • Fri, Feb 25 – Mon, Feb 28Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr Holiday4 days
  • Thu, May 4 – Mon, May 8Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha Holiday5 days
  • Thu, May 25 – Sat, May 27Islamic New Year3 days
  • Fri, Jul 21 – Sun, Jul 23National Day3 days
  • Thu, Aug 3 – Sat, Aug 5Prophet's Birthday3 days

Bridge days: 1 day off, 4+ days away

Take one working day off between a holiday and a weekend.

What is this?

A 'bridge day' is a single working day squeezed between a holiday and a weekend. Take it off and you get four or more days in a row for one day of leave.

  • Take Sun, Apr 30International Worker's Day4 days off
  • Take Thu, Jul 27Independence Day4 days off

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National public holidays from official government sources, compiled through the open-source holidays dataset and reviewed by Glassyear. Last verified Monday, November 9, 2026. Data & methodology · Report a correction

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