{"id":2529,"date":"2026-02-12T09:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:53:41","slug":"ramadan-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/ramadan-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan 2026 Saudi Arabia Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens and residents working in various public and private sectors are granted Ramadan holiday in Saudi Arabia starting from the last third of Ramadan until the first days of Shawwal, and this varies from one region to another.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ramadan 2026 Saudi Arabia Holiday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Below you can find out Table showing Ramadan holiday in Saudi Arabia for the year 2026:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.01%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\"><strong>The Authority<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\"><strong>Hijri Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\"><strong>Vacation duration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Governmental Entities Implementing the Civil Service System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">25 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">About 10 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Governmental Entities Implementing the Labor System<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">30 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">4 or 5 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Private Sector<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">30 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">4 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Non-Profit Institutions<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">30 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">4 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Banks<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">25 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">7 to 10 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 138px;\" width=\"205\">Schools<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px;\" width=\"144\">20 Ramadan 1447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 96px;\" width=\"139\">About 2 weeks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>Ramadan 2026 Saudi Arabia Holiday<\/strong> <strong>For Employees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The date of the employee&#8217;s leave in Ramadan varies according to the entity for which the employee works, which can be identified from the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public holiday<\/strong> <strong>employees:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The leave of public sector employees working in entities that apply the civil service system on Ramadan 25, 1447 AH.<\/li>\n<li>The leave of public sector employees working in entities that apply the labor system, bodies, institutions, centers, programs, and the like begins at the end of the working day on Ramadan 29, 1447 AH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Private holiday<\/strong> <strong>employees:<\/strong> The Ramadan leave begins at the end of the working day on Ramadan 29, 1447 AH.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bank holiday <\/strong><strong>employees:<\/strong> The Central Bank determines the date of the leave for bank employees, which is expected to start on Ramadan 25, 1447 AH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>See More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/eid-al-fitr-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eid al Fitr Holiday<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/hajj-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hajj Holiday<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/national-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Holidays<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/school-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Holiday<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ramadan 2026 Saudi Arabia Holiday<\/strong> <strong>for Schools<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Ramadan 1447 &#8211; 2026 vacation for schools in Saudi Arabia begins on 20 Ramadan 1447 AH and continues for sixteen days, as schools resume work on 08 Shawwal 1447 AH. <a id=\"c_ref-1\" href=\"#c_note-1\" title=\"Jump to citation\" class=\"citation-ref\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Much Time is Left Until Ramadan 2026 Saudi Arabia Holiday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The following countdown shows the time remaining until Ramadan 1447 &#8211; 2026 holiday in Saudi Arabia:<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"timer\" datetime=\"2026-03-14T00:00+03:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timer-counter\">\r\n            \t<span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"days\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Days<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"hours\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Hours<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"minutes\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Minutes<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"seconds\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Seconds<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>See More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/how-many-days-holiday-for-national-day%d8%9f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Many Days Holiday for National Day<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/eid-al-adha-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eid al Adha Holiday<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/public-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Ramadan holiday in Saudi Arabia is considered one of the longest official holidays granted to all citizens and residents working in the public and private sectors and to those working in banks, noting that the duration of the holiday varies from one region to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens and residents working in various public and private sectors are granted Ramadan holiday in Saudi Arabia starting from the last third of Ramadan until the first days of Shawwal,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services","tag-holidays"],"acf":[],"views":12,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6246,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/6246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saudi.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}