Public Holidays in Jordan — 2026
Jordan is holiday-rich in 2026, with 18 public holidays spread across the year.
6 of them land on the Friday + Saturday weekend, which leaves 12 genuine days off work.
The calendar clusters: May alone holds 7 of them, while 6 month(s) have none at all.
The longest dry spell runs 121 days, from Wednesday, August 26, 2026 to Friday, December 25, 2026; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
4 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 3 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Jordan sits in Western Asia, is run from Amman, pays in Jordanian Dinar, and has about 10.2M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 18
- Days off work
- 12
- Weekend
- Friday + Saturday
- Busiest month
- May (7)
- Longest gap
- 121 days
- Capital
- Amman
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Thu, Mar 19 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr Holiday | |
| Fri, Mar 20 | Friday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Sat, Mar 21 | Saturday | Eid al-Fitr holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Sun, Mar 22 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Mon, Mar 23 | Monday | Eid al-Fitr holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Fri, May 1 | Friday | Labour Day | |
| Mon, May 25 | Monday | Independence Day | |
| Tue, May 26 | Tuesday | Arafah (Tentative Date) | |
| Wed, May 27 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | |
| Thu, May 28 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Fri, May 29 | Friday | Eid al-Adha holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Sat, May 30 | Saturday | Eid al-Adha holiday (Tentative Date) | |
| Tue, Jun 16 | Tuesday | Islamic New Year | |
| Wed, Jun 17 | Wednesday | Muharram/New Year (Tentative Date) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | Wednesday | Prophet's Birthday (Tentative Date) | |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
How many public holidays does Jordan have in 2026?
18 — of which 12 fall on a working day and 6 fall on the Friday + Saturday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Jordan in 2026?
New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1, 2026. The last one of the year is Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026.
Which days are the weekend in Jordan?
Friday + Saturday. Working-day counts on this site use that pattern, not a fixed Saturday–Sunday assumption.
When is the longest period without a public holiday in Jordan in 2026?
Between Wednesday, August 26, 2026 and Friday, December 25, 2026 — 121 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2026 dates confirmed?
4 of the 18 dates are approximate — mostly moon-sighting based observances that shift by a day. The rest are fixed. Source: api-ninjas+offline.