Public Holidays

Discover upcoming public holiday dates for Oman and start planning to make the most of your time off.

2026 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
16 Jan	Fri	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj
18 Jan	Sun	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj Holiday
18 Mar to 23 Mar	Wed to Mon	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
26 May to 29 May	Tue to Fri	Eid al-Adha Holiday
16 Jun	Tue	Islamic New Year
25 Aug	Tue	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
18 Nov	Wed	National Day

2027 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
5 Jan	Tue	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj
8 Mar to 11 Mar	Mon to Thu	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
15 May to 18 May	Sat to Tue	Eid al-Adha Holiday
6 Jun	Sun	Islamic New Year
14 Aug	Sat	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
15 Aug	Sun	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday Holiday
18 Nov	Thu	National Day
25 Dec	Sat	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj
26 Dec	Sun	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj Holiday

2028 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
27 Feb to 1 Mar	Sun to Wed	Eid al-Fitr Holiday
5 May to 8 May	Fri to Mon	Eid al-Adha Holiday
25 May	Thu	Islamic New Year
3 Aug	Thu	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
18 Nov	Sat	National Day
14 Dec	Thu	Isra'a Wal Mi'raj

Oman is a complete monarchy and all public holidays are established by the Sultan. Oman currently celebrates 8 national holidays, with two of these holidays spanning over several days. The Sultan releases a statement at the end of each year stating what days the holidays will be on the following year.

Under the Labor Code, Chapter 2 Article 65, all employees are entitled to a paid day off for nationally recognised holidays. If, due to the nature of the position, the employee cannot take the day off, they must be paid their regular rate of pay plus 25 percent or given a different day off with pay.

The Labor Code states that any worker that is on vacation when a holiday occurs is not entitled to any special pay or guaranteed replacement days off for that holiday.