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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Ethiopia, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

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Live notice Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made.

The next public holiday in Ethiopia is

Mawlid an-Nabi

In 3 days · expected; set by announcement

05:37 local time in Ethiopia Weekend Last: Eid al-Adha, 27 May 2026 · 88 days ago · expected; set by announcement

Computed · local time Africa/Addis_Ababa

Work with Ethiopia’s calendar

Ethiopia public holidays in 2026

14 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
7 January 2026Ethiopian Christmas expectedVerified
19 January 2026Epiphany expectedVerified
19 February 2026Ethiopian Martyrs' Day expectedVerified
2 March 2026Adwa Victory Day expectedVerified
20 March 2026Eid al-Fitr expectedCompiled
10 April 2026Good Friday expectedVerified
12 April 2026Ethiopian Easter expectedVerified
1 May 2026International Workers' Day expectedVerified
5 May 2026Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day expectedVerified
27 May 2026Eid al-Adha expectedCompiled
26 August 2026Mawlid an-Nabi expectedCompiled
11 September 2026Ethiopian New Year expectedVerified
27 September 2026Meskel expectedVerified
8 December 2026Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day expectedVerified

The shape of Ethiopia’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January2 January3 January4 January5 January6 January7 January — Ethiopian Christmas8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January — Epiphany20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February12 February13 February14 February15 February16 February17 February18 February19 February — Ethiopian Martyrs' Day20 February21 February22 February23 February24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March — Adwa Victory Day3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March — Eid al-Fitr21 March22 March23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April5 April6 April7 April8 April9 April10 April — Good Friday11 April12 April — Ethiopian Easter13 April14 April15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April29 April30 April1 May — International Workers' Day2 May3 May4 May5 May — Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May27 May — Eid al-Adha28 May29 May30 May31 May1 June2 June3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June18 June19 June20 June21 June22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August12 August13 August14 August15 August16 August17 August18 August19 August20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August — Mawlid an-Nabi27 August28 August29 August30 August31 August1 September2 September3 September4 September5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September — Ethiopian New Year12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September17 September18 September19 September20 September21 September22 September23 September24 September25 September26 September27 September — Meskel28 September29 September30 September1 October2 October3 October4 October5 October6 October7 October8 October9 October10 October11 October12 October13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October18 October19 October20 October21 October22 October23 October24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November9 November10 November11 November12 November13 November14 November15 November16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December — Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December25 December26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December31 December

14 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in Ethiopia, 2026

9 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on a Monday–Friday week. The corpus holds Sunday as this jurisdiction’s statutory weekly rest — verified — but a labour code names the day it guarantees, not the days custom adds, so it is cited above rather than computed from.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
17 Jan – 19 Jan3 daysEpiphanyno leave needed
19 Feb – 22 Feb4 daysEthiopian Martyrs' Daytake Fri 20 Feb
28 Feb – 2 Mar3 daysAdwa Victory Dayno leave needed
20 Mar – 22 Mar3 daysEid al-Fitrno leave needed
10 Apr – 12 Apr3 daysGood Friday, Ethiopian Easterno leave needed
1 May – 3 May3 daysInternational Workers' Dayno leave needed
1 May – 5 May5 daysInternational Workers' Day, Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Daytake Mon 4 May
11 Sep – 13 Sep3 daysEthiopian New Yearno leave needed
5 Dec – 8 Dec4 daysNations, Nationalities and Peoples' Daytake Mon 7 Dec

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Ethiopia, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

7/14 layers held for Ethiopia
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Statutory weekly rest1verified—1 named source, sectors recorded separately
Statutory closures1212 verified2026-08-03
Religious observances88 verified2026-08-03
Observed but open22 verified2026-08-03
Substitution and in-lieu rules1414 verified2026-08-03
Tax and filing deadlines6——
Elections7——

Not held for Ethiopia: Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, School terms and breaks, Subdivision calendars, Exchange closures, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia — Federal Negarit Gazette (bilingual Amharic/English)

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about Ethiopia — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Notice · Divergence · 22 August 2026 Mawlid an-Nabi 2026: there is no single date Thirty-seven jurisdictions appoint the Prophet's birthday and they will not all keep it on the same day. The divergence is visible in the laws themselves, before any announcement is made.

How Ethiopia keeps time

Observances14 across the national calendar
Evidence14 verified · 0 corroborated · 0 compiled, from 1 named source
Languagesam, English
Calendar systemsgregorian
Exchangesnone listed
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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