Morocco public holidays 2026
Morocco has 11 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 252 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Ras l' âm |
Nationwide |
| 11 Jan | Sunday rest day | Proclamation of Independence
Takdim watikat al-istiqlal |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jan | Wednesday | Amazigh New Year
Id Yennayer |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Eid Ash-Shughl |
Nationwide |
| 30 Jul | Thursday | Enthronement
Eid Al-Ârch |
Nationwide |
| 14 Aug | Friday | Zikra Oued Ed-Dahab
Oued Ed-Dahab Day |
Nationwide |
| 20 Aug | Thursday | Revolution of the King and the People
Thawrat al malik wa shâab |
Nationwide |
| 21 Aug | Friday | Youth Day
Eid Al Chabab |
Nationwide |
| 31 Oct | Saturday rest day | Unity Day
Aid Al Wahda |
Nationwide |
| 6 Nov | Friday | Green March
Eid Al Massira Al Khadra |
Nationwide |
| 18 Nov | Wednesday | Independence Day
Eid Al Istiqulal |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 3 holidays
February
March
April
May 1 holiday
June
July 1 holiday
August 3 holidays
September
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December
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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
What the numbers say about Morocco in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Morocco. 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.
2 holidays land on a rest day this year: Proclamation of Independence (11 Jan), Unity Day (31 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.
December is the longest working month with 23 days, and August the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 62 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 11, Morocco sits below the middle of the range, around the 37th 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 20 August to 23 August (Revolution of the King and the People, Youth Day). 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.