Public holidays 2026 in Somalia
There are 10 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | ||
| Friday | Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated) | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | ||
| Friday | Labour Day | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | ||
| Tuesday | Islamic New Year (estimated) | ||
| Thursday | Ashura (estimated) | ||
| Friday | Independence Day | ||
| Wednesday | Republic Day | ||
| Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
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
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 12 Jan, Tue 13 Jan, Wed 14 Jan, Thu 15 Jan | 10 Jan – 18 Jan 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated) |
| 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) |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labour Day |
| Mon 25 May, Tue 26 May | 23 May – 27 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Thu 28 May, Fri 29 May | 27 May – 31 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Mon 15 Jun | 13 Jun – 16 Jun 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Islamic New Year (estimated) |
| Wed 17 Jun, Thu 18 Jun, Fri 19 Jun | 16 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Islamic New Year (estimated) |
| Mon 22 Jun, Tue 23 Jun, Wed 24 Jun | 20 Jun – 28 Jun 2026 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Ashura (estimated), Independence Day |
| Mon 29 Jun, Tue 30 Jun | 25 Jun – 1 Jul 2026 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | Ashura (estimated), Independence Day, Republic Day |
| Thu 2 Jul, Fri 3 Jul | 1 Jul – 5 Jul 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Republic 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 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 26 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | New Year's 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 SO (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.so) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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- Public holidays 2027