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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Saudi Arabia, 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
The next public holiday in Saudi Arabia is
Saudi National Day
In 31 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Asia/Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia public holidays in 2026
11 national closures in 2026, of 4 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 22 February 2026 | Saudi Founding Day expected | Compiled |
| 17 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr holiday expected | Compiled |
| 18 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr holiday expected | Compiled |
| 19 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr holiday expected | Compiled |
| 20 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 23 March 2026 | Eid al-Fitr holiday expected | Compiled |
| 25 May 2026 | Eid al-Adha holiday expected | Compiled |
| 26 May 2026 | Eid al-Adha holiday expected | Compiled |
| 27 May 2026 | Eid al-Adha expected | Compiled |
| 28 May 2026 | Eid al-Adha holiday expected | Compiled |
| 23 September 2026 | Saudi National Day expected | Compiled |
The shape of Saudi Arabia’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
11 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Saudi Arabia, 2026
6 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on this jurisdiction’s own weekly rest — Friday and Saturday — which the corpus records as verified.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb – 22 Feb | 3 days | Saudi Founding Day | no leave needed |
| 17 Mar – 21 Mar | 5 days | Eid al-Fitr holiday, Eid al-Fitr | no leave needed |
| 17 Mar – 23 Mar | 7 days | Eid al-Fitr holiday, Eid al-Fitr | take Sun 22 Mar |
| 22 May – 30 May | 9 days | Eid al-Adha holiday, Eid al-Adha | take Sun 24 May |
| 25 May – 30 May | 6 days | Eid al-Adha holiday, Eid al-Adha | no leave needed |
| 23 Sep – 26 Sep | 4 days | Saudi National Day | take Thu 24 Sep |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Saudi Arabia, 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.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly rest days | 1 | verified | — | 6 named sources, in force since 2013, sectors recorded separately |
| Statutory closures | 4 | 2 verified · 2 compiled | 2026-08-06 | |
| Religious observances | 2 | 2 verified | 2026-08-06 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 4 | 2 verified · 2 compiled | 2026-08-06 | |
| School terms and breaks | 8 | — | — | 4 calendars |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XSAU (18) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 2 | — | — | |
| Announcements | 7 | — | — |
Not held for Saudi Arabia: Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Subdivision calendars, Elections. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
3 named documents, issued by 3 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development internal python-holidays maintainers
From the Bulletin
What the corpus turned up about Saudi Arabia — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.
How Saudi Arabia keeps time
| Observances | 4 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 2 verified · 0 corroborated · 2 compiled, from 5 named sources |
| Languages | Arabic, English |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XSAU |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-06 |
The Saudi Arabia dossier
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2 of 4 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 5 named sources, and every row says which.
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