Kazakhstan public holidays 2026
Kazakhstan has 13 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 254 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Жаңа жыл |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Жаңа жыл |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Халықаралық әйелдер күні |
Nationwide |
| 21 Mar | Saturday rest day | Nauryz Meyramy
Наурыз мейрамы |
Nationwide |
| 22 Mar | Sunday rest day | Nauryz Meyramy
Наурыз мейрамы |
Nationwide |
| 23 Mar | Monday | Nauryz Meyramy
Наурыз мейрамы |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
Қазақстан халқының |
Nationwide |
| 7 May | Thursday | Defender of the Fatherland Day
Отан Қорғаушы күні |
Nationwide |
| 9 May | Saturday rest day | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day
Жеңіс күні |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jul | Monday | Capital City Day
Астана күні |
Nationwide |
| 30 Aug | Sunday rest day | Constitution Day
Конституция күні |
Nationwide |
| 25 Oct | Sunday rest day | Republic Day
Республика күні |
Nationwide |
| 16 Dec | Wednesday | Independence Day
Тәуелсіздік күні |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 4 holidays
April
May 3 holidays
June
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
November
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
What the numbers say about Kazakhstan in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Kazakhstan. 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.
6 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Nauryz Meyramy (21 Mar), Nauryz Meyramy (22 Mar), Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day (9 May), Constitution Day (30 Aug), Republic Day (25 Oct). 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.
April is the longest working month with 22 days, and May the shortest with 19. A gap of 3 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 13, Kazakhstan sits above the middle of the range, around the 64th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 4 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 1 January to 4 January (New Year's Day). There is also one bridge day: 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.