UAE Holiday Planner
Put a leave day or two next to a public holiday and a weekend, and a short break becomes a proper trip. Guess how far a few leave days can go, then plan your own year.
Plan your own breaks
Tell it how many leave days you have and your weekend. It finds the plan that gives you the most days off.
Your best breaks
Public holidays
Islamic holidays follow the moon. Dates marked "estimate" can shift by a day or two once the crescent is sighted, and the Cabinet can move some holidays to the start or end of the week. Check the official announcement before you book flights.
How the bridge works
A holiday on a Thursday is nice. A holiday on a Thursday plus one leave day on Friday is a four-day trip.
Look for working days stuck between a holiday and a weekend. Each one you take off joins two rest periods into one long break.
Eid al-Fitr, Arafat Day, Eid al-Adha, the Hijri New Year and the Prophet's Birthday follow the Hijri calendar. Their dates are confirmed close to the day, after the crescent is sighted.
Under the current Cabinet decision, holidays other than the two Eids can be moved to the start or end of the week. In 2026 the Hijri New Year moved to a Monday and the Prophet's Birthday to a Friday.
Under the UAE Labour Law, full-time private sector workers get 30 days of paid annual leave a year after their first year, and 2 days a month after six months. Agree dates with your employer early.
Sources: UAE Cabinet Decision No. 27 of 2024 on official holidays (in force from 2025), as summarised on the UAE Government portal u.ae; 2026 holiday announcements by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) and the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR); the UAE Council for Fatwa for the 2026 Eid al-Adha date; Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 (UAE Labour Law) on annual leave. 2026 dates are the announced private sector holidays (federal government staff also had 25 May off). 2027 Hijri dates are estimates from the Umm al-Qura calendar and astronomical forecasts, and the 2027 holidays have not been officially announced yet. This is a planning aid, not official advice: check your employer's policy and the official announcement before you book.