Public holidays in Libya, 2026
Libya observes 5 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 258 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 17 Feb | Tuesday | Revolution Day يوم ثورة 17 فبراير |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday Weekend | Labour Day عيد العمال |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 16 Sep | Wednesday | Martyrs' Day يوم الشهيد |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 23 Oct | Friday Weekend | Liberation Day يوم التحرير |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Independence Day عيد الاستقلال |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| 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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 3 | 258 | 2,064 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Friday and Saturday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Libya. 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.
2 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Labour Day (1 May), Liberation Day (23 Oct). 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 March at 23 days; the shortest is February at 19. That spread of 4 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 63 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 256 working days, 2026 is 2 working days longer. 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 2026, Libya's 5 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 5th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 1 break of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 24 December 2026 to 26 December 2026, built around Independence Day. 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.