🇪🇬 Egypt Public Holidays 2026

The official calendar of holidays and observances.

12Total

10Public

5Religious

0Cultural

0Regional

0Pan-African

Official holiday calendar

New Year's Day

January 1

Public holiday

First day of the calendar year

Coptic Christmas

January 7

Public holiday

Celebration of Christmas by the Coptic Christian community

Revolution Day and National Police Day

January 25

Public holiday

Commemorates the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Police resistance against British forces

Coptic Easter

April 12

Observance

Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus

Sinai Liberation Day

April 25

Public holiday

Celebrates the final withdrawal of Israeli military forces from the Sinai Peninsula

Sham El Nessim

May 6

Public holiday

Ancient Egyptian spring festival

Eid al-Adha

June 17

Public holiday

Festival of Sacrifice

Revolution Day

June 30

Public holiday

Commemoration of the 1985 uprising

Islamic New Year

July 7

Public holiday

First day of Muharram

Revolution Day

June 30

Public holiday

Commemoration of the 1985 uprising

Mawlid

September 15

Public holiday

Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

Armed Forces Day

October 6

Public holiday

Celebration of the military

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Wafaa El-Nil

Ancient Egyptian celebration of the Nile flood

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