Eritrea public holidays 2026
Eritrea has 10 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 255 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Amet ሓዲሽ ዓመት |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jan | Wednesday | Orthodox Christmas
Lidet ልደት |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jan | Monday | Orthodox Epiphany
Timket ጥምቀት |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | Women's Day
Maelti Anesti መዓልቲ ኣነስቲ |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Arbi Siklet ዓርቢ ስቅለት |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Fasika ፋሲካ |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | May Day | Nationwide |
| 24 May | Sunday rest day | Independence Day
Maelti Natsinet መዓልቲ ናጽነት |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jun | Saturday rest day | Martyrs' Day
Maelti Siwuat መዓልቲ ስውኣት |
Nationwide |
| 1 Sep | Tuesday | Revolution Day
Bahti Meskerem ባሕቲ መስከረም |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February
March 1 holiday
April 2 holidays
May 2 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August
September 1 holiday
October
November
December
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 | 2,040 |
What the numbers say about Eritrea in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Eritrea. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: Women's Day (8 Mar), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Independence Day (24 May), Martyrs' Day (20 Jun). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and January the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 61 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 10, Eritrea sits below the middle of the range, around the 24th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 3 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 17 January to 19 January (Orthodox Epiphany). There are also 2 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.