Public holidays 2026 in Libya
There are 15 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Anniversary of the February 17 Revolution | ثورة 17 فبراير | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Saturday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Friday | Labor Day | عيد العمال | ||
| Tuesday | Day of Arafah (estimated) | يوم عرفة (تقديري) | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Thursday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Tuesday | Islamic New Year Day (estimated) | عيد رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري) | ||
| Friday | National Environmental Sanitation Day | يوم وطني للإصحاح البيئي | ||
| Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) | ذكرى المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري) | ||
| Wednesday | Martyrs' Day | يوم الشهيد | ||
| Friday | Liberation Day | يوم التحرير | ||
| Thursday | Independence Day | عيد الاستقلال |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
15 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 16 Feb | 14 Feb – 17 Feb 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Anniversary of the February 17 Revolution |
| Wed 18 Feb, Thu 19 Feb, Fri 20 Feb | 17 Feb – 22 Feb 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Anniversary of the February 17 Revolution |
| Mon 16 Mar, Tue 17 Mar, Wed 18 Mar, Thu 19 Mar | 14 Mar – 22 Mar 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 25 May | 23 May – 31 May 2026 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Mon 15 Jun | 13 Jun – 16 Jun 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Islamic New Year Day (estimated) |
| Wed 17 Jun, Thu 18 Jun, Fri 19 Jun | 16 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Islamic New Year Day (estimated) |
| Mon 10 Aug, Tue 11 Aug, Wed 12 Aug, Thu 13 Aug | 8 Aug – 16 Aug 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Environmental Sanitation Day |
| Mon 24 Aug | 22 Aug – 25 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Wed 26 Aug, Thu 27 Aug, Fri 28 Aug | 25 Aug – 30 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Mon 14 Sep, Tue 15 Sep | 12 Sep – 16 Sep 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Martyrs' Day |
| Thu 17 Sep, Fri 18 Sep | 16 Sep – 20 Sep 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Martyrs' Day |
| Mon 19 Oct, Tue 20 Oct, Wed 21 Oct, Thu 22 Oct | 17 Oct – 25 Oct 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Liberation Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec | 19 Dec – 24 Dec 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Independence Day |
| Fri 25 Dec | 24 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Independence Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code LY (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ly) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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