Public holidays in Egypt 2024
Egypt has 13 public holidays in 2024. 12 fall on a weekday and 1 on the weekend, with 3 substitute days off marked as observed, which leaves 247 working days out of 366. The weekend is Friday and Saturday.
13public holidays
15weekday days off, substitutes included
247working days in 2024
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2024
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Coptic Christmas Day | |
| Thursday | January 25th Revolution and National Police Day | |
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Thursday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Thursday | Sinai Liberation Day | |
| Sunday | Labor Day observed | |
| Monday | Spring Festival | |
| Saturday weekend | Day of Arafah | |
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Monday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Tuesday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Sunday | June 30 Revolution Day | |
| Thursday | Islamic New Year observed | |
| Thursday | July 23 Revolution Day observed | |
| Sunday | Prophet's Birthday | |
| Sunday | Armed Forces Day |
Observed marks a substitute day off granted because the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
Working days per month in 2024
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Friday and Saturday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| February 2024 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| March 2024 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| April 2024 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| May 2024 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| June 2024 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| July 2024 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| August 2024 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| October 2024 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| November 2024 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| December 2024 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Total 2024 | 366 | 104 | 15 | 247 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2024
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysFri 5 to Sun 7 January 2024Coptic Christmas Day
- 3 daysThu 25 to Sat 27 January 2024January 25th Revolution and National Police Day
- 4 daysWed 10 to Sat 13 April 2024Eid al-Fitr
- 3 daysThu 25 to Sat 27 April 2024Sinai Liberation Day
- 4 daysFri 3 to Mon 6 May 2024Labor Day, Spring Festival
- 5 daysFri 14 to Tue 18 June 2024Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 28 to Sun 30 June 2024June 30 Revolution Day
- 3 daysThu 11 to Sat 13 July 2024Islamic New Year
- 3 daysThu 25 to Sat 27 July 2024July 23 Revolution Day
- 3 daysFri 13 to Sun 15 September 2024Prophet's Birthday
- 3 daysFri 4 to Sun 6 October 2024Armed Forces Day
Questions about 2024 in Egypt
- How many working days are there in Egypt in 2024?
- 247 working days. 2024 has 366 days, 104 of them weekend days and 15 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Egypt have in 2024?
- 13 public holidays, plus 3 substitute days off. 1 falls on the weekend.
- Which 2024 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Day of Arafah (15 June 2024).
- What counts as the weekend in Egypt?
- Friday and Saturday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2025?
- See public holidays in Egypt 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Egypt has 13 public holidays and 247 working days in 2024.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/egypt/2024/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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