{"id":2752,"date":"2025-10-12T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:42:12","slug":"national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Day holiday in Kuwait is an official paid holiday for public and private sector employees on the occasion of Kuwait&#8217;s independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 during the reign of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When is National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Below you can find out A table showing National Day holiday dates in Kuwait for employees and students:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"164\"><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"171\"><strong>Today<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"158\"><strong>Date according to the Gregorian calendar<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>Date according to the Hijri calendar<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"164\">Public Sector<\/td>\n<td width=\"171\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">February 25, 2025<\/td>\n<td width=\"145\">26 Shaban 1446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"164\">Private Sector<\/td>\n<td width=\"171\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">February 25, 2025<\/td>\n<td width=\"145\">26 Shaban 1446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"164\">Banks<\/td>\n<td width=\"171\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">February 25, 2025<\/td>\n<td width=\"145\">26 Shaban 1446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"164\">Schools<\/td>\n<td width=\"171\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">February 25, 2025<\/td>\n<td width=\"145\">26 Shaban 1446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>How many days is National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The National Day holiday in Kuwait lasts for <strong>one day<\/strong>, as this occasion is celebrated on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 AD, corresponding to Shaaban 26, 1446 AH, and this occasion witnesses the Hala February Festival, where flags are raised in homes and streets, fireworks are launched, educational seminars and television programs are given, and more.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025<\/strong> <strong>for public sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Government agencies in Kuwait are closed on <strong>Tuesday, February 25, 2025 AD<\/strong>, corresponding to Shaaban 26, 1446 AH, on the occasion of the National Day, according to a circular issued by the Civil Service Bureau, which is an official paid holiday for all employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/eid-al-fitr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eid Al Fitr<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/eid-al-adha-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eid al Adha Holiday<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/school-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Holidays<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/religious-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Religious Holiday<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/public-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025 for the private sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Private companies and entities grant their workers an official holiday on the occasion of the National Day in Kuwait, which is <strong>Tuesday, February 25, 2025 AD<\/strong>, corresponding to Shaaban 26, 1446 AH, and some entities may be exempted from this holiday due to the nature of their work, such as hospitals and private medical clinics.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025 for Banks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The National Day holiday for banks in Kuwait begins on <strong>Tuesday, February 25, 2025 AD<\/strong>, corresponding to Shaaban 26, 1446 AH, immediately followed by the Liberation Day holiday. Some banks may continue to work in some branches that are specified before the holiday date to ensure the continuity of providing banking services to customers. <a id=\"c_ref-1\" href=\"#c_note-1\" title=\"Jump to citation\" class=\"citation-ref\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>National Day holiday in Kuwait 2025<\/strong> <strong>for Schools<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Kuwait National Day holiday for schools begins on<strong> Tuesday, February 25, 2025 AD,<\/strong> corresponding to Shaaban 26, 1446 AH, immediately followed by the Liberation Day holiday, then the holiday on Thursday, February 27, 2025, as it falls between two holidays, then the weekend and Eid Al-Fitr holiday, after which students return to schools on the morning of Wednesday, April 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How much is left until Kuwait National Day holiday 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The following countdown shows the time remaining until the Kuwait National Day holiday for the year 2025:<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"timer\" datetime=\"2025-02-25T00:00+03:00\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timer-title\">Kuwait National Day holiday<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timer-counter\">\r\n            \t<span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"days\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Days<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"hours\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Hours<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"minutes\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Minutes<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"timer-counter-item\" data-type=\"seconds\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"value\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Seconds<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Kuwait National Day holiday is one of the official holidays celebrated in February, which coincides with the accession of Prince Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah to the throne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Day holiday in Kuwait is an official paid holiday for public and private sector employees on the occasion of Kuwait&#8217;s independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services","tag-public-holidays"],"acf":[],"views":71,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2776,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions\/2776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwait.it.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}