Coverage · All countries · Africa
Tanzania
Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Tanzania, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
The next public holiday in Tanzania is
Peasants'
In 3 days
Computed · local time Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Work with Tanzania’s calendar
- Count working days Business days between two dates, with Tanzania’s closures removed and every excluded day named.
- Find the next business day Add or subtract N working days from a date, skipping weekends and closures — for filing and settlement dates.
- Discover long weekends Every run of consecutive days off in a year, and the bridge days worth taking. Pick Tanzania from the list.
- Compare with your other markets Tanzania beside the rest — the weeks that work everywhere, and which dates are still estimates.
Tanzania public holidays in 2026
17 national closures in 2026, of 39 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day | Verified |
| 12 January 2026 | Revolution Day | Verified |
| 20 March 2026 | Id-ul-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 23 March 2026 | Id-ul-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday | Verified |
| 7 April 2026 | Karume Day | Compiled |
| 27 April 2026 | Union Day | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | International Workers' Day | Verified |
| 27 May 2026 | Id-el-Haj expected | Compiled |
| 7 July 2026 | Saba Saba | Compiled |
| 10 August 2026 | Peasants' | Verified |
| 26 August 2026 | Maulidi Day expected | Compiled |
| 14 October 2026 | Nyerere Day | Compiled |
| 9 December 2026 | Independence | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day | Verified |
| 28 December 2026 | Boxing Day | Verified |
Long weekends in Tanzania, 2026
9 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Weekends and national closures only.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 10 Jan – 12 Jan | 3 days | Revolution Day | no leave needed |
| 20 Mar – 23 Mar | 4 days | Id-ul-Fitr | no leave needed |
| 3 Apr – 7 Apr | 5 days | Good Friday, Easter Monday, Karume Day | no leave needed |
| 25 Apr – 27 Apr | 3 days | Union Day | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | International Workers' Day | no leave needed |
| 4 Jul – 7 Jul | 4 days | Saba Saba | take Mon 6 Jul |
| 8 Aug – 10 Aug | 3 days | Peasants' | no leave needed |
| 25 Dec – 28 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Day, Boxing Day | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
4 subdivisions of Tanzania keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Dar es Salaam | 8 August 2026 | Nane Nane Day |
| Dar es Salaam | 15 August 2027 | Mawlid expected |
| Dodoma | 6 June 2027 | Islamic New Year expected |
| Zanzibar City | 6 June 2027 | Islamic New Year expected |
How Tanzania keeps time
| Observances | 39 across the national calendar and 4 subdivisions |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 14 verified · 0 corroborated · 25 compiled, from 7 named sources |
| Languages | English, sw |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Tanzania dossier
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
Loading contents…
Interested in Tanzania?
Get your free Developer account — no credit card required. One country at national scope, unlimited calls, and it does not expire.
Start with Tanzania
Assurance labels and subdivision inheritance on every date, through the API or the console. The free tier covers one country at national level — enough to judge the data before you pay for it.
Global Operating Calendar
Tanzania beside every other market you work in — the weeks that work everywhere, where office hours overlap, and which dates are estimates rather than facts.
Subscribe in your calendar Public holidays for Tanzania, 2026–2028, refreshed daily. No account needed — download the .ics instead if you prefer.
The same dossier exists for all 241 jurisdictions, priced by depth rather than by which country it is — browse the dossiers.
We do not promise a calendar that never changes. Dates move: authorities declare holidays at short notice and publish corrections of their own. Every record here shows what stands behind it, and when a date changes we correct it, publish it, and tell the people it affects.