View the complete list of public holidays and bank holidays in Libya for 2027. Plan your year ahead with official dates, weekdays, and observances.
Choose how many days of leave you are willing to book. We work out which holiday gives you the longest run of days off for that spend, and mark the days to book in the calendar below. How this works →
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Showing the best break you can get with 2 leave days of leave.
Sat, Mar 6 → Tue, Mar 9
Book the dashed days below. Combined with the holiday and the weekend around it, your 1 leave day turn into 4 days off in a row.
Other dates worth booking
Libya's Revolution Day (February 17) marks the start of the 2011 uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule, replacing the previous regime's own September 1 revolution-day holiday entirely - one of the more recent wholesale calendar changes covered on this site. Independence Day (December 24) marks 1951 independence from Italian and then joint British-French administration.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2027 | Wednesday | يوم الثورة (Revolution Day) | Public Holiday |
| March 9, 2027 | Tuesday | عيد الفطر (End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)) | Public Holiday |
| May 1, 2027 | Saturday | يوم العمال (Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 15, 2027 | Saturday | يوم عرفة (Arafat Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 16, 2027 | Sunday | عيد الأضحى (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| June 6, 2027 | Sunday | رأس السنة الهجرية (Islamic New Year) | Public Holiday |
| August 14, 2027 | Saturday | المولد النبويّ (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
| September 16, 2027 | Thursday | يوم الشهداء (Martyrs' Day) | Public Holiday |
| October 23, 2027 | Saturday | يوم التحرير (Liberation Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 24, 2027 | Friday | عيد الاستقلال (Independence Day) | Public Holiday |
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Tuesday | يوم الثورة (Revolution Day) | Public Holiday |
| March 20, 2026 | Friday | عيد الفطر (End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)) | Public Holiday |
| May 1, 2026 | Friday | يوم العمال (Labour Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 26, 2026 | Tuesday | يوم عرفة (Arafat Day) | Public Holiday |
| May 27, 2026 | Wednesday | عيد الأضحى (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| June 16, 2026 | Tuesday | رأس السنة الهجرية (Islamic New Year) | Public Holiday |
| August 25, 2026 | Tuesday | المولد النبويّ (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
| September 16, 2026 | Wednesday | يوم الشهداء (Martyrs' Day) | Public Holiday |
| October 23, 2026 | Friday | يوم التحرير (Liberation Day) | Public Holiday |
| December 24, 2026 | Thursday | عيد الاستقلال (Independence Day) | Public Holiday |
Libya has 10 public holidays in 2027, 3 fewer than the global average of 13.
2 public holidays fall on a weekend in Libya in 2027: Labour Day (Saturday, May 1), Liberation Day (Saturday, October 23). Libya grants no substitute day for these, so these are lost.
No — Libya does not grant a substitute working day when a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
4 consecutive days off in Libya in 2027, March 6–March 9, by booking 1 day of leave.
The next public holiday in Libya is يوم التحرير (Liberation Day) on October 23, 2026.
Islamic New Year, Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid), End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr), Arafat Day, Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) do not fall on the same date every year in Libya, since they are set by a lunar or other variable calendar rather than a fixed date.