Public holidays in Saudi Arabia

Public holidays in Saudi Arabia ( Arabic: العطل الرسمية في السعودية ) In Saudi Arabia there are few holidays, compared with other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, but they have long-term holidays from 10 to 12 days. Where the expense of public holidays in Saudi Arabia only as days of work, in addition to the daily Friday and Saturday weekend, amounting to vacations up to more than two weeks.

العطل الرسمية في السعودية Public holidays in Saudi Arabia
Observed by	Saudi Arabia
Type	Holiday
Significance	Official Holiday

Government departments and institutions are suspended in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the festival holidays for holiday Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the public sector if there is a time and one day the reality of the weekend and the Eid holiday, this day is added to the Eid vacation.

Calendar

Saudi Arabia follows the Islamic calendar, which consists of 12 months but only 354 or 355 days.

Working time and official holidays

Working hours begin at 8:00 AM and end at 2:00 PM for government departments. Businesses operate Sunday - Thursday and some businesses operate on Saturday as well. The operation hours are in the morning from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM and in the afternoon from 4:00 PM–10:00 PM but close shortly during prayer time. School hours are from 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM.

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1-3 Shawwal	The Feast of the End of Ramadan	Eid al-Fitr	Observed officially for 10 days, by private institutions from 3 to 7 days.
9-12 Dhul-Hijjah	The Feast of the End of Hajj	Eid al-Adha	Observed officially for 10 days, by private institutions from 3 to 7 days.
22 February	Founding Day (Foundation of the First Saudi State in 1727)	Al-Yawm Al-Taasis	Officially for one day.
23 September	National Day (Unification of the Kingdom)	Al-Yawm Al-Watani	Officially for one day.

References

• Saudi Arabia portal