Public holidays in Iraq 2025
Iraq has 16 public holidays in 2025. 12 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, which leaves 249 working days out of 365. The weekend is Friday and Saturday.
16public holidays
12weekday days off
249working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Army Day | |
| Sunday | Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people | |
| Friday weekend | Nowruz | |
| Monday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Thursday | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Day of Arafah | |
| Friday weekend | Eid al-Adha | |
| Saturday weekend | Eid al-Adha | |
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Sunday | Eid al-Ghadir | |
| Thursday | Islamic New Year | |
| Saturday weekend | Ashura | |
| Thursday | Prophet's Birthday |
Working days per month in 2025
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 2025 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysFri 14 to Sun 16 March 2025Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people
- 3 daysMon 31 March to Wed 2 April 2025Eid al-Fitr
- 3 daysThu 1 to Sat 3 May 2025Labor Day
- 4 daysThu 5 to Sun 8 June 2025Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 13 to Sun 15 June 2025Eid al-Ghadir
- 3 daysThu 26 to Sat 28 June 2025Islamic New Year
- 3 daysThu 4 to Sat 6 September 2025Prophet's Birthday
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Thursday 2 January 2025 for Wed 1 to Sat 4 January 2025New Year's Day
- 4 daysTake off Sunday 5 January 2025 for Fri 3 to Mon 6 January 2025Army Day
- 6 daysTake off Sunday 30 March 2025 for Fri 28 March to Wed 2 April 2025Eid al-Fitr
- 6 daysTake off Thursday 3 April 2025 for Mon 31 March to Sat 5 April 2025Eid al-Fitr
Questions about 2025 in Iraq
- How many working days are there in Iraq in 2025?
- 249 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 12 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Iraq have in 2025?
- 16 public holidays. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Nowruz (21 March 2025), Eid al-Adha (6 June 2025), Eid al-Adha (7 June 2025), Ashura (5 July 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Iraq?
- Friday and Saturday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Iraq 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Iraq has 16 public holidays and 249 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/iraq/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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