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Best days to take off in 2028: Iraq

Tell us how many vacation days you have. We line them up with every public holiday and weekend on the Iraq calendar to give you the most time off.

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Assumes a Friday and Saturday weekend; regional holidays are not included.

🇮🇶 Iraq · 2028

10 days → 35 off

Every vacation day becomes 3.5 days off

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vacation holiday weekend

Take 1 day: Wed, Jan 5

4 days off · Wed, Jan 5 – Sat, Jan 8, 2028

Army Day

Take 4 days: Thu, Feb 24 – Thu, Mar 2

10 days off · Thu, Feb 24 – Sat, Mar 4, 2028

Eid al-Fitr

Take 1 day: Wed, Mar 15

4 days off · Wed, Mar 15 – Sat, Mar 18, 2028

Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people

Take 1 day: Sun, Apr 30

4 days off · Fri, Apr 28 – Mon, May 1, 2028

Labor Day

Take 1 day: Wed, May 3

5 days off · Wed, May 3 – Sun, May 7, 2028

Day of Arafah · Eid al-Adha

Take 1 day: Wed, May 24

4 days off · Wed, May 24 – Sat, May 27, 2028

Islamic New Year

Take 1 day: Wed, Aug 2

4 days off · Wed, Aug 2 – Sat, Aug 5, 2028

Prophet's Birthday

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