United Arab Emirates

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Arab Emirates for 2024 ready to be integrated into your application.

The UAE, sometimes called the Emirates, is the State of the United Arab Emirates. This country is located in Western Asia. Home to the man made islands in Dubai, this country was founded on December, 2, 1971. The official language is Arabic, and Islam is the official religion.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Monday New Year's Day Long weekend.
February 7th Wednesday Muhammad's Ascension to Heaven
March 20th Wednesday March Equinox
March 21st Thursday Mother's Day
April 9th Tuesday Day before the Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 10th Wednesday Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 11th Thursday Second Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 12th Friday Third Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
June 17th Monday Day of Arafah Long weekend.
June 18th Tuesday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 19th Wednesday Second Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
June 20th Thursday Third Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
June 20th Thursday June Solstice
June 21st Friday Father's Day Long weekend.
July 7th Sunday Islamic New Year's Day
September 15th Sunday Birth of the Prophet
September 22nd Sunday September Equinox
December 1st Sunday Commemoration Day
December 2nd Monday National Day Long weekend.
December 3rd Tuesday Day after National Day
December 21st Saturday December Solstice
December 31st Tuesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="AE" -d year="2024" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "AE",
  "year": "2024",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'AE',
  year: '2024',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'AE',
  'year' => '2024',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "AE"
$Body.year = "2024"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'AE',
  'year': '2024',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'AE',
  'year': '2024',
})