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Public holidays in Saudi Arabia 2028

Saudi Arabia has 10 public holiday dates in 2028, 6 of them on a working day, and 3 long weekends. The next one is Founding Day Holiday, in 105 days (Monday, February 22, 2027).

Next holiday · Founding Day Holiday
105 days
Monday, February 22, 2027
  • Tue, Mar 9Eid al-Fitr Holidayin 120 days
  • Wed, Mar 10Eid al-Fitr Holidayin 121 days

2028 holiday calendar

14 entries
DateDayHolidayWhen
Feb 22TueFounding Day Holidayin 470 days
Feb 26SatEid al-Fitr Holidayin 474 days
Feb 27SunEid al-Fitr Holidayin 475 days
Feb 28MonEid al-Fitr Holidayin 476 days
Feb 29TueEid al-Fitr Holidayin 477 days
Mar 1WedEid al-Fitr Holiday observedin 478 days
May 4ThuDay of Arafahin 542 days
May 5FriEid al-Adha Holidayin 543 days
May 6SatEid al-Adha Holidayin 544 days
May 7SunEid al-Adha Holidayin 545 days
May 8MonEid al-Adha Holiday observedin 546 days
May 9TueEid al-Adha Holiday observedin 547 days
Sep 23SatNational Day Holidayin 684 days
Sep 24SunNational Day Holiday observedin 685 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 – Wed, Mar 1Eid al-Fitr Holiday6 days
  • Thu, May 4 – Tue, May 9Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha Holiday6 days
  • Fri, Sep 22 – Sun, Sep 24National Day Holiday3 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 Thu, Mar 2Eid al-Fitr Holiday9 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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