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OPEC Public Holidays 2026

The table below contains the list of official OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) public holidays for the calendar year 2026. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
Jan 1	Thursday	Algeria, Angola, Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Venezuela
Jan 2	Friday	Angola
Jan 3	Saturday	Iran
Jan 5	Monday	Venezuela*
Jan 6	Tuesday	Iraq
Jan 12	Monday	Algeria
Jan 16	Friday	Iraq*, Kuwait
Jan 17	Saturday	Iran
Jan 18	Sunday	Kuwait*
Jan 19	Monday	Venezuela*
Jan 25	Sunday	Angola*
Feb 3	Tuesday	Iran
Feb 4	Wednesday	Angola
Feb 11	Wednesday	Iran
Feb 16	Monday	Angola, Ecuador, Venezuela
Feb 17	Tuesday	Angola, Ecuador, Libya, Venezuela
Feb 22	Sunday	Saudi Arabia
Feb 25	Wednesday	Kuwait
Feb 26	Thursday	Kuwait
Mar 5	Thursday	Iraq*
Mar 8	Sunday	Angola
Mar 11	Wednesday	Iran
Mar 18	Wednesday	UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Mar 19	Thursday	Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Venezuela
Mar 20	Friday	Algeria, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Mar 21	Saturday	Algeria, Iran, Iran, Iraq, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Mar 22	Sunday	Algeria, Iran, Iran, Iraq*, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Mar 23	Monday	Angola, Iran, Saudi Arabia*
Mar 24	Tuesday	Iran
Apr 1	Wednesday	Iran
Apr 2	Thursday	Iran, Venezuela
Apr 3	Friday	Angola, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Venezuela
Apr 4	Saturday	Angola
Apr 6	Monday	Congo (Republic), Gabon, Nigeria
Apr 9	Thursday	Iraq*
Apr 14	Tuesday	Iran
Apr 17	Friday	Gabon
Apr 19	Sunday	Venezuela
May 1	Friday	Algeria, Angola, Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Venezuela
May 14	Thursday	Congo (Republic), Gabon
May 15	Friday	Venezuela
May 18	Monday	Venezuela*
May 24	Sunday	Ecuador, Gabon
May 25	Monday	Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Gabon
May 26	Tuesday	Kuwait*, Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
May 27	Wednesday	Algeria, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
May 28	Thursday	Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
May 29	Friday	Iraq, Kuwait*, Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
May 30	Saturday	Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
June	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Iran, Iraq
June	Friday	Equatorial Guinea, Iran
June	Monday	Venezuela*
June	Wednesday	Congo (Republic)
June	Friday	Nigeria
June	Tuesday	Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
June	Wednesday	Iran, Venezuela
June	Thursday	Algeria, Iran, Iraq
June	Monday	Venezuela*
July	Sunday	Algeria, Venezuela
July	Tuesday	Iraq
July	Friday	Ecuador*, Venezuela
July	Saturday	Ecuador*
Aug	Monday	Equatorial Guinea
Aug	Tuesday	Iran
Aug	Wednesday	Iraq
Aug	Monday	Ecuador
Aug	Wednesday	Iran
Aug	Thursday	Iran
Aug	Saturday	Congo (Republic), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Aug	Sunday	Gabon
Aug	Monday	Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Aug	Friday	Iran
Aug	Tuesday	Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Aug	Thursday	Kuwait
Aug	Sunday	Gabon, Iran
Sep	Monday	Venezuela*
Sep	Wednesday	Libya
Sep	Thursday	Angola
Sep	Friday	Angola
Sep	Wednesday	Saudi Arabia
Sep	Thursday	Saudi Arabia*
Oct	Thursday	Nigeria
Oct	Saturday	Iraq
Oct	Friday	Ecuador
Oct	Monday	Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela
Oct	Friday	Libya
Oct	Monday	Venezuela*
Nov	Sunday	Algeria, Congo (Republic), Gabon
Nov	Monday	Angola, Ecuador
Nov	Tuesday	Ecuador
Nov	Wednesday	Angola
Nov	Friday	Iran
Nov	Monday	Venezuela*
Nov	Saturday	Congo (Republic)
Dec	Wednesday	UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Dec	Thursday	UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Dec	Sunday	Ecuador*
Dec	Monday	Ecuador, Venezuela
Dec	Tuesday	Equatorial Guinea
Dec	Thursday	Iraq
Dec	Wednesday	Iran
Dec	Thursday	Angola*, Libya, Venezuela
Dec	Friday	Angola, Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Nigeria, Venezuela
Dec	Saturday	Nigeria
Dec	Monday	Nigeria
Dec	Thursday	Angola, Ecuador, Venezuela

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