Public holidays 2027 in Iraq
There are 16 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | رأس السنة الميلادية | ||
| Wednesday | Army Day | عيد الجيش | ||
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Thursday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عيد الفطر (تقديري) | ||
| Tuesday | Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people | ذكرى جرائم البعث والأنفال والهجوم على حلبجة | ||
| Sunday | Nowruz | عيد نوروز | ||
| Saturday | Labor Day | عيد العمال العالمي | ||
| Saturday | Day of Arafah (estimated) | يوم عرفة (تقديري) | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Monday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Tuesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عيد الأضحى (تقديري) | ||
| Monday | Eid al-Ghadir (estimated) | عيد الغدير (تقديري) | ||
| Sunday | Islamic New Year (estimated) | رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري) | ||
| Tuesday | Ashura (estimated) | عاشوراء (تقديري) | ||
| Saturday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) | المولد النبوي الشريف (تقديري) |
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 2027
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 3 Jan, Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan | 1 Jan – 6 Jan 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | New Year's Day, Army Day |
| Thu 7 Jan | 6 Jan – 9 Jan 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Army Day |
| Sun 7 Mar, Mon 8 Mar | 5 Mar – 13 Mar 2027 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Sun 14 Mar, Mon 15 Mar | 9 Mar – 16 Mar 2027 | 2 | 8 | 4 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people |
| Wed 17 Mar, Thu 18 Mar | 16 Mar – 21 Mar 2027 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people, Nowruz |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 19 Mar – 27 Mar 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Nowruz |
| Wed 19 May, Thu 20 May | 14 May – 22 May 2027 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Sun 23 May | 21 May – 24 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Eid al-Ghadir (estimated) |
| Tue 25 May, Wed 26 May, Thu 27 May | 24 May – 29 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Eid al-Ghadir (estimated) |
| Mon 7 Jun, Tue 8 Jun, Wed 9 Jun, Thu 10 Jun | 4 Jun – 12 Jun 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Islamic New Year (estimated) |
| Sun 13 Jun, Mon 14 Jun | 11 Jun – 15 Jun 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Ashura (estimated) |
| Wed 16 Jun, Thu 17 Jun | 15 Jun – 19 Jun 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Ashura (estimated) |
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 IQ (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.iq) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
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