Malta public holidays 2026
Malta has 14 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 250 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
L-Ewwel tas-Sena |
Nationwide |
| 10 Feb | Tuesday | Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck
In-Nawfraġju ta’ San Pawl |
Nationwide |
| 19 Mar | Thursday | Feast of St. Joseph
San Ġużepp |
Nationwide |
| 31 Mar | Tuesday | Freedom Day
Jum il-Ħelsien |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Worker's Day
Jum il-Ħaddiem |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jun | Sunday rest day | Sette Giugno | Nationwide |
| 29 Jun | Monday | Feast of St.Peter and St.Paul
L-Imnarja |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption Day
Santa Marija |
Nationwide |
| 8 Sep | Tuesday | Feast of Our Lady of Victories
Il-Vittorja |
Nationwide |
| 21 Sep | Monday | Independence Day
L-Indipendenza |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception
L-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni |
Nationwide |
| 13 Dec | Sunday rest day | Republic Day
Jum ir-Repubblika |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Il-Milied |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 1 holiday
March 2 holidays
April 1 holiday
May 1 holiday
June 2 holidays
July
August 1 holiday
September 2 holidays
October
November
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Malta in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Malta. 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.
3 holidays land on a rest day this year: Sette Giugno (7 Jun), Assumption Day (15 Aug), Republic Day (13 Dec). 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 February 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 60 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 14, Malta sits above the middle of the range, around the 74th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 3 days, from 3 April to 5 April (Good Friday). There are also 6 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.