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UAE Public Holidays 2023

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March 01, 2024 Updated Oct 10, 2026

UAE Holidays for the year 2022 have been updated. Below is the UAE Public Holidays 2022 based on the official UAE government.

There are two types of public holidays in the UAE.

Fixed holidays (such as National Day or New Year's Day)
Islamic holidays are subject to moon sightings, and their dates vary each year.

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Sat	New Year's Day
30 Apr	Sat	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
1 May	Sun	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
2 May	Mon	Eid al-Fitr
3 May	Tue	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
4 May	Wed	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
8 Jul	Fri	Arafat Day
9 Jul	Sat	Eid al-Adha
10 Jul	Sun	Eid al-Adha Holiday
11 Jul	Mon	Eid al-Adha Holiday
30 Jul	Sat	Islamic New Year
8 Oct	Sat	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
1 Dec	Thu	Commemoration Day
2 Dec	Fri	National Day
3 Dec	Sat	National Day Holiday

There are two types of public holidays in the UAE 2021.

Fixed holidays (such as National Day or New Year's Day)
Islamic holidays are subject to moon sightings, and their dates vary yearly.

UAE Public Holidays 2021

United Arab Emirates/Public holidays (2021)

New Year's Day

Fri, 1 Jan 2021

Prophet's Ascension

Likely 10 – 11 Mar 2021*

Eid al-Fitr Eve

Likely Wed, 12 May 2021

Eid al-Fitr

Likely 12 – 15 May 2021*

Day of Arafat

Likely 18 – 19 Jul 2021*

Eid al-Adha

Likely 19 – 22 Jul 2021*

Islamic New Year

Likely 9 – 10 Aug 2021*

Prophet's Birthday

Likely 18 – 19 Oct 2021*

Commemoration Day

Tue, 30 Nov 2021

National Day

Thu, 2 Dec 2021

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UAE Public Holidays 2020

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Wed	New Year's Day
24 May	Sun	Eid al-Fitr
25 May	Mon	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
26 May	Tue	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
30 Jul	Thu	Arafat Day
31 Jul	Fri	Eid al-Adha
1 Aug	Sat	Eid al-Adha Holiday
2 Aug	Sun	Eid al-Adha Holiday
23 Aug	Sun	Islamic New Year
29 Oct	Thu	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
1 Dec	Tue	Commemoration Day
2 Dec	Wed	National Day
3 Dec	Thu	National Day Holiday

Source: government.ae

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