Morocco public holidays 2027
Morocco has 11 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 255 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Ras l' âm |
Nationwide |
| 11 Jan | Monday | Proclamation of Independence
Takdim watikat al-istiqlal |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jan | Thursday | Amazigh New Year
Id Yennayer |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | Labour Day
Eid Ash-Shughl |
Nationwide |
| 30 Jul | Friday | Enthronement
Eid Al-Ârch |
Nationwide |
| 14 Aug | Saturday rest day | Zikra Oued Ed-Dahab
Oued Ed-Dahab Day |
Nationwide |
| 20 Aug | Friday | Revolution of the King and the People
Thawrat al malik wa shâab |
Nationwide |
| 21 Aug | Saturday rest day | Youth Day
Eid Al Chabab |
Nationwide |
| 31 Oct | Sunday rest day | Unity Day
Aid Al Wahda |
Nationwide |
| 6 Nov | Saturday rest day | Green March
Eid Al Massira Al Khadra |
Nationwide |
| 18 Nov | Thursday | Independence Day
Eid Al Istiqulal |
Nationwide |
2027 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 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 | 2,040 |
What the numbers say about Morocco in 2027
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.
5 holidays land on a rest day this year: Labour Day (1 May), Zikra Oued Ed-Dahab (14 Aug), Youth Day (21 Aug), Unity Day (31 Oct), Green March (6 Nov). 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.
March is the longest working month with 23 days, and January 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 61 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 252working days, so 2027gives you 3 more working days.Plans copied over from last year without adjusting for that difference will be slightly off from January onwards.
Among the 204 countries we track for 2027, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 11, Morocco sits below the middle of the range, around the 38th 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 3 days, from 1 January to 3 January (New Year's 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 2027.