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2025 Holidays for Iraq

  • New Year's Day (رأس السنة الميلادية)
  • Army Day (عيد الجيش)
  • Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people (ذكرى جرائم البعث والأنفال والهجوم على حلبجة)
  • Nowruz (عيد نوروز)
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر)
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر)
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر)
  • Labor Day (عيد العمال العالمي)
  • Day of Arafah (يوم عرفة)
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى)
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى)
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى)
  • Eid al-Ghadir (عيد الغدير)
  • Islamic New Year (رأس السنة الهجرية)
  • Ashura (عاشوراء)
  • Prophet's Birthday (المولد النبوي الشريف)

Public holidays in Iraq in 2025

Iraq has 16 public holidays in 2025. 4 of them fall on the weekend (Friday and Saturday). The month with the most public holidays is June (6).

All public holidays in Iraq in 2025

  • New Year's Day (رأس السنة الميلادية) – Wednesday, January 1, 2025
  • Army Day (عيد الجيش) – Monday, January 6, 2025
  • Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people (ذكرى جرائم البعث والأنفال والهجوم على حلبجة) – Sunday, March 16, 2025
  • Nowruz (عيد نوروز) – Friday, March 21, 2025
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر) – Monday, March 31, 2025
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر) – Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  • Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر) – Wednesday, April 2, 2025
  • Labor Day (عيد العمال العالمي) – Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • Day of Arafah (يوم عرفة) – Thursday, June 5, 2025
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) – Friday, June 6, 2025
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) – Saturday, June 7, 2025
  • Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) – Sunday, June 8, 2025
  • Eid al-Ghadir (عيد الغدير) – Sunday, June 15, 2025
  • Islamic New Year (رأس السنة الهجرية) – Thursday, June 26, 2025
  • Ashura (عاشوراء) – Saturday, July 5, 2025
  • Prophet's Birthday (المولد النبوي الشريف) – Thursday, September 4, 2025

Long weekends and bridge days in Iraq in 2025

The weekend in Iraq: Friday and Saturday. Iraq has 7 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.

  • Fri, Mar 14 – Sun, Mar 16 – 3 days off (Commemoration of the Saddam Baath crimes against the Iraqi people)
  • Mon, Mar 31 – Wed, Apr 2 – 3 days off (Eid al-Fitr)
  • Thu, May 1 – Sat, May 3 – 3 days off (Labor Day)
  • Thu, Jun 5 – Sun, Jun 8 – 4 days off (Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha)
  • Fri, Jun 13 – Sun, Jun 15 – 3 days off (Eid al-Ghadir)
  • Thu, Jun 26 – Sat, Jun 28 – 3 days off (Islamic New Year)
  • Thu, Sep 4 – Sat, Sep 6 – 3 days off (Prophet's Birthday)

Bridge days: a few days off, a long break

  • Take Thu, Jan 2 off: 4 days off in a row, Wed, Jan 1 – Sat, Jan 4 (New Year's Day)
  • Take Sun, Jan 5 off: 4 days off in a row, Fri, Jan 3 – Mon, Jan 6 (Army Day)
  • Take Sun, Mar 30 off: 6 days off in a row, Fri, Mar 28 – Wed, Apr 2 (Eid al-Fitr)
  • Take Thu, Apr 3 off: 6 days off in a row, Mon, Mar 31 – Sat, Apr 5 (Eid al-Fitr)

2025 at a glance

  • 2025 has 365 days.
  • 2025 starts on a Wednesday and ends on a Wednesday.
  • 2025 has the same calendar as 2014 and 2031.
  • Public holidays in Iraq: 16

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