View the complete list of public holidays and bank holidays in Somalia 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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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.
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Somalia's Independence Day (July 1) marks the 1960 union of the former British Somaliland and Italian Somalia into a single state - a merger of two separate colonial territories into one country, an origin story distinct from most single-colony independence dates elsewhere on this list.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2027 | Friday | عيد رأس السنة (New Year's 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 16, 2027 | Sunday | عيد الأضحى (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| June 15, 2027 | Tuesday | عاشوراء (Day of Ashura) | Public Holiday |
| June 26, 2027 | Saturday | استقلال الصومال البريطاني (Independence of British Somaliland) | Public Holiday |
| July 1, 2027 | Thursday | عيد الاستقلال (Independence Day) | Public Holiday |
| August 14, 2027 | Saturday | المولد النبويّ (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2026 | Thursday | عيد رأس السنة (New Year's 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 27, 2026 | Wednesday | عيد الأضحى (Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)) | Public Holiday |
| June 25, 2026 | Thursday | عاشوراء (Day of Ashura) | Public Holiday |
| June 26, 2026 | Friday | استقلال الصومال البريطاني (Independence of British Somaliland) | Public Holiday |
| July 1, 2026 | Wednesday | عيد الاستقلال (Independence Day) | Public Holiday |
| August 25, 2026 | Tuesday | المولد النبويّ (Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)) | Public Holiday |
Somalia has 8 public holidays in 2027, 5 fewer than the global average of 13.
2 public holidays fall on a weekend in Somalia in 2027: Labour Day (Saturday, May 1), Independence of British Somaliland (Saturday, June 26). Somalia grants no substitute day for these, so these are lost.
No — Somalia does not grant a substitute working day when a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
4 consecutive days off in Somalia in 2027, March 6–March 9, by booking 1 day of leave.
The next public holiday in Somalia is عيد رأس السنة (New Year's Day) on January 1, 2027.
Day of Ashura, Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid), End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr), Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) do not fall on the same date every year in Somalia, since they are set by a lunar or other variable calendar rather than a fixed date.