Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
SAUDI ARABIA
Date 2008 Occasion
January 19 Ashoura
March 20 Prophet's Anniversary
July 31 Ascension of the Prophet
September 23 National Day
October 1 Eid Al Fitr
December 8 Eid Al Adha
You should know:

Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha are the only official holidays. Work schedules may be seriously disrupted during the month of Ramadan and businesses may commonly take time off for other Islamic holidays.

It may be difficult to obtain hotels and flights, especially in the Western province, during the period of the Hajj, immediately preceding Eid Al Adha.

Weekend - Friday