Public holidays in Iraq, 2027
Iraq observes 7 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 257 days.
Every public holiday in 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 1 Jan | Friday Weekend | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Wed, 6 Jan | Wednesday | Army Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 21 Mar | Sunday | Nowruz | Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 May | Saturday Weekend | Labour Day | Nationwide |
| Sun, 3 Oct | Sunday | National Day | Nationwide |
| Fri, 10 Dec | Friday Weekend | Victory Day | Nationwide |
| Sat, 25 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Christmas Day | Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 105 | 3 | 257 | 2,056 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Friday and Saturday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Iraq. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), Labour Day (1 May), Victory Day (10 Dec), Christmas Day (25 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is August at 23 days; the shortest is October at 20. That spread of 3 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 62 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2026, which held 258 working days, 2027 is 1 working day shorter. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2027, Iraq's 7 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 9th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 2 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 19 March 2027 to 21 March 2027, built around Nowruz. A further 1 working day is stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.