How much time off will Dubai get for Eid Al Adha 2025?
One of the biggest public holidays of the year in Dubai is fast approaching and, to help you plan how to spend the long weekend, we've crunched the numbers to figure out how long we have off work.
Eid Al Adha will arrive at the start of June and promises to give us an extended break.
Announced as part of the UAE public holiday law, we know that four dates in the calendar are set aside every year for the Eid Al Adha break.
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The public holiday begins on the Islamic date of Dhu Al Hijjah 9, Arafat Day, and lasts until Dhu Al Hijjah 12.
The break is currently predicted to begin on Thursday June 5, and run until Sunday June 8.
But Eid Al Adha is one of the public holidays in the UAE that relies on the Islamic Hijri Calendar to determine when exactly it begins.
The Hijri calendar relies on lunar cycles and means that Islamic months are either 29 or 30 days long. As a result, the exact dates of Islamic holidays such as Eid Al Adha can't be confirmed until closer to the time.
With the lunar calendar in mind, it's possible that the Eid Al Adha break will instead begin on Friday June 6 and last until Monday June 9.
In either scenario, the Eid Al Adha break is guaranteed to give us a four-day long weekend in Dubai.
Why Eid Al Adha will be a four-day weekend
The UAE public holiday law, introduced at the beginning of 2025, states that public holiday dates that fall on weekends can be shifted around the calendar.
It means that if the Islamic Hijri date of a public holiday corresponds with a weekend, then it can be transferred to the beginning of the next week or the end of the previous week.
However the two longest public holidays – Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha – cannot be transferred if a day coincides with a weekend.
The official wording of the law states: 'With the exception of Eid holidays, the Cabinet may – pursuant to a resolution it issues – transfer any of the public holidays referred to in Article (1) of this Resolution to the beginning or end of the week.'
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