Public Holidays in Syria — 2025
Syria keeps a short official calendar in 2025: 9 public holidays in total, so each one carries real weight for planning.
1 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 8 genuine days off work.
The calendar clusters: March alone holds 3 of them, while 7 month(s) have none at all.
The longest dry spell runs 221 days, from Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Monday, December 8, 2025; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
3 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 4 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Syria sits in Western Asia, is run from Damascus, pays in Syrian Pound, and has about 17.5M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 9
- Days off work
- 8
- Weekend
- Saturday + Sunday
- Busiest month
- March (3)
- Longest gap
- 221 days
- Capital
- Damascus
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | عيد رأس السنة الميلادية |
| Tue, Mar 18 | Tuesday | Syrian Revolution Day | عيد الثورة السورية |
| Fri, Mar 21 | Friday | Newroz | عيد النوروز |
| Fri, Mar 21 | Friday | Mother's Day | عيد الأم |
| Thu, Apr 17 | Thursday | Independence Day | عيد الجلاء |
| Sun, Apr 20 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | عيد الفصح اليوليوسي |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | Labour Day | عيد العمال |
| Mon, Dec 8 | Monday | Liberation Day | يوم التحرير |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | عيد الميلاد المجيد |
How many public holidays does Syria have in 2025?
9 — of which 8 fall on a working day and 1 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Syria in 2025?
عيد رأس السنة الميلادية on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The last one of the year is عيد الميلاد المجيد on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
Which days are the weekend in Syria?
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 Syria in 2025?
Between Thursday, May 1, 2025 and Monday, December 8, 2025 — 221 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2025 dates confirmed?
Yes, all 9 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.