Events and holidays in Egypt
Holidays, school breaks, seasons and major events in Egypt, nationwide and city by city. Every date links to its source.
Official Published by the authority or organiser itself on its own site.
Expected Computed (for example from the Umm al-Qura calendar), not fully announced yet, or reported only in the news, so it may move.
January 2027
- Hijri: Rajab 29, 1448 AH
Coptic Christmas holiday
7 January is a fixed paid holiday under Ministry of Labour Decree 294/2025, a Thursday in 2027. Not announced yet.
Source: mediadr.sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
February 2027
- Hijri: Ramadan 1 – 29, 1448 AH
Ramadan 1448
Umm al-Qura dates (1 to 29 Ramadan 1448). Egypt's Dar al-Ifta confirms the start and end after its own moon sighting, so either can move by a day.
Source: ummulqura.org.saChecked Oct 28, 2026
March 2027
- Hijri: Shawwal 1 – 2, 1448 AH
Eid al-Fitr holiday
Computed: 1 and 2 Shawwal by Umm al-Qura, the minimum under Decree 294/2025. The Cabinet usually grants a longer break (19 to 23 March in 2026).
Source: mediadr.sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
May 2027
- Hijri: Dhuʻl-Hijjah 9 – 11, 1448 AH
Arafah and Eid al-Adha holiday
Computed: Arafah and the first two days of Eid by Umm al-Qura, the minimum under Decree 294/2025. The Cabinet granted 26 to 31 May in 2026, so the break is likely to be longer.
Source: mediadr.sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
June 2027
- Hijri: Muharram 1, 1449 AH
Hijri New Year holiday
Computed: 1 Muharram 1449 by Umm al-Qura, a Sunday. Egypt often moves a holiday's day off to a Thursday, as it did for most holidays in 2026.
Source: mediadr.sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
August 2027
- Hijri: Rabiʻ I 12, 1449 AH
Prophet's Birthday holiday
Computed: 12 Rabi al-Awwal 1449 by Umm al-Qura, a Saturday. Egypt often moves a holiday's day off to a Thursday, as it did for most holidays in 2026.
Source: mediadr.sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
Earlier in this calendar (5)
- Hijri: Rabiʻ I 14, 1448 AH
Prophet's Birthday holiday
Moved to Thursday from Tuesday 25 August, 12 Rabi al-Awwal 1448.
Source: sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
- Hijri: Muharram 3, 1448 AH
Hijri New Year holiday
The day off was set on a Thursday rather than on 1 Muharram itself.
Source: sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
- Hijri: Dhuʻl-Hijjah 9 – 14, 1447 AH
Arafah and Eid al-Adha holiday
Source: sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
- Hijri: Ramadan 30 – Shawwal 4, 1447 AH
Eid al-Fitr holiday
Source: sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
- Hijri: Rajab 18, 1447 AH
Coptic Christmas holiday
Source: sis.gov.egChecked Oct 28, 2026
How JokerPrice uses these dates
Event rules are off by default. In the pricing calendar you can switch on a whole kind (for example every school break) or a single event, with an adjustment from −30% to +100% and an optional minimum stay.
The adjustment applies to open nights inside the event window for properties in the listed cities, or anywhere in the country for a nationwide date; an event never reaches a property in another country. It comes after the market shape, supply pressure, booking pace, weekend, last-minute and far-out rules and before short-gap discounts. Your own custom date rule on the same night takes precedence, fixed nightly overrides are never changed, and every price stays within your minimum and maximum.
When several events cover one night, the largest adjustment is used rather than adding them together, and every event is named in the night's explanation with its certainty and source.
Observed impact is measured from tracked public calendars and is shown only once there are at least 100 observed listing-nights in the event and in the four weeks before it.
Calendar last reviewed Oct 28, 2026, version 2026-10-29.1: 201 events from Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027.
The same calendar as JSON: /api/events?country=eg