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Tanzania
Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Tanzania, 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
Includes subnational coverage · 4 subdivisions covered.
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 Tanzania is
Maulidi Day
In 3 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
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Tanzania public holidays in 2026
17 national closures in 2026, of 18 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 expected | Verified |
| 12 January 2026 | Revolution Day expected | Verified |
| 20 March 2026 | Id-ul-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 23 March 2026 | Id-ul-Fitr expected | Compiled |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 7 April 2026 | Karume Day expected | Compiled |
| 27 April 2026 | Union Day expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | International Workers' Day expected | Verified |
| 27 May 2026 | Id-el-Haj expected | Compiled |
| 7 July 2026 | Saba Saba expected | Compiled |
| 10 August 2026 | Peasants' expected | Verified |
| 26 August 2026 | Maulidi Day expected | Compiled |
| 14 October 2026 | Nyerere Day expected | Compiled |
| 9 December 2026 | Independence expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 28 December 2026 | Boxing Day expected | Verified |
The shape of Tanzania’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
17 closuresevery other day
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. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| 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
1 subdivision of Tanzania keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Zanzibar City | 6 June 2027 | Islamic New Year expected |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Tanzania, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 18 | 14 verified · 4 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 9 | 8 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 18 | 14 verified · 4 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 4 | — | — | |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 4 | — | — | |
| Elections | 14 | — | — |
Not held for Tanzania: Statutory weekly rest, Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, School terms and breaks, 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.
2 named documents, issued by 2 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
United Republic of Tanzania (via TanzLII) internal
From the Bulletin
What the corpus turned up about Tanzania — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.
How Tanzania keeps time
| Observances | 18 across the national calendar and 1 subdivision |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 14 verified · 0 corroborated · 4 compiled, from 2 named sources |
| Languages | English, sw |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Tanzania dossier
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14 of 18 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 2 named sources, and every row says which.
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