Public Holidays in Lebanon — 2026
Lebanon is holiday-rich in 2026, with 28 public holidays spread across the year.
8 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 20 genuine days off work.
The dates are spread fairly evenly — 23 before July and 5 after it — with May the busiest month.
The longest dry spell runs 88 days, from Wednesday, August 26, 2026 to Sunday, November 22, 2026; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
9 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 5 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Lebanon sits in Western Asia, is run from Beirut, pays in Lebanese Pound, and has about 6.8M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 28
- Days off work
- 20
- Weekend
- Saturday + Sunday
- Busiest month
- May (7)
- Longest gap
- 88 days
- Capital
- Beirut
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year | |
| Tue, Jan 6 | Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas | |
| Mon, Feb 9 | Monday | St Maron's Day | |
| Sat, Feb 14 | Saturday | Commemoration of the Assasination of PM Rafic Hariri | |
| Thu, Mar 19 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr Holiday | |
| Fri, Mar 20 | Friday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Sat, Mar 21 | Saturday | Eid al-Fitr Holiday | |
| Sun, Mar 22 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr Holiday | |
| Wed, Mar 25 | Wednesday | Feast of the Annunciation | |
| Fri, Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sun, Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | |
| Mon, Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Mon, Apr 13 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | |
| Fri, May 1 | Friday | Labor Day | |
| Sun, May 3 | Sunday | Martyr's Day | |
| Sun, May 10 | Sunday | Liberation and Resistance Day | |
| Tue, May 26 | Tuesday | Arafat Day | |
| Wed, May 27 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | |
| Thu, May 28 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha Holiday | |
| Fri, May 29 | Friday | Eid al-Adha Holiday | |
| Tue, Jun 16 | Tuesday | Islamic New Year | |
| Wed, Jun 17 | Wednesday | Muharram (Tentative Date) | |
| Fri, Jun 26 | Friday | Ashoura (Tentative Date) | |
| Sat, Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | Wednesday | The Prophet's Birthday (Tentative Date) | |
| Sun, Nov 22 | Sunday | Independence Day | |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
How many public holidays does Lebanon have in 2026?
28 — of which 20 fall on a working day and 8 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Lebanon in 2026?
New Year 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 Lebanon?
Saturday + Sunday. 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 Lebanon in 2026?
Between Wednesday, August 26, 2026 and Sunday, November 22, 2026 — 88 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2026 dates confirmed?
8 of the 28 dates are approximate — mostly moon-sighting based observances that shift by a day. The rest are fixed. Source: api-ninjas+offline.