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United Arab Emirates

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Arab Emirates for 2025 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 Wednesday New Year's Day
January 27th Monday Muhammad's Ascension to Heaven Long weekend.
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
March 21st Friday Mother's Day Long weekend.
March 31st Monday Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
April 1st Tuesday Second Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
April 2nd Wednesday Third Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
June 6th Friday Day of Arafah Long weekend.
June 7th Saturday Feast of the Sacrifice
June 8th Sunday Second Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
June 9th Monday Third Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice Long weekend.
June 21st Saturday Father's Day
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
June 27th Friday Islamic New Year's Day Long weekend.
September 5th Friday Birth of the Prophet Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
November 30th Sunday Commemoration Day
December 2nd Tuesday National Day
December 3rd Wednesday Day after National Day
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 31st Wednesday 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="2025" -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": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'AE',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'AE',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "AE"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$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': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'AE',
  'year': '2025',
})