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Public holidays in Kuwait

In 2026, Kuwait has 13 public holidays, 9 weekday days off, and 252 working days. The weekend is Friday and Saturday. Every year from 2024 to 2030 is available below, each with its own calendar file and JSON, or as one calendar feed to subscribe to once.

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13public holidays in 2026
252working days in 2026
4long weekends in 2026
0bridge days in 2026

Public holidays in Kuwait 2026

DateDayHoliday
Thursday New Year's Day
Friday weekend Isra' and Mi'raj estimated
Wednesday National Day
Thursday Liberation Day
Friday weekend Eid al-Fitr estimated
Saturday weekend Eid al-Fitr Holiday estimated
Sunday Eid al-Fitr Holiday estimated
Tuesday Day of Arafah estimated
Wednesday Eid al-Adha estimated
Thursday Eid al-Adha Holiday estimated
Friday weekend Eid al-Adha Holiday estimated
Tuesday Islamic New Year estimated
Tuesday Prophet's Birthday estimated

Full 2026 page: working days per month, long weekends and bridge days

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Working days per year in Kuwait

YearPublic holidaysWeekday days offWorking days
20241311251ICS · JSON · CSV
20251311250ICS · JSON · CSV
2026139252ICS · JSON · CSV
2027149251ICS · JSON · CSV
2028127254ICS · JSON · CSV
20291312249ICS · JSON · CSV
2030138253ICS · JSON · CSV

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Kuwait has 13 public holidays and 252 working days in 2026. Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/kuwait/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).

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