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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 16	Monday	Iraq*
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 4	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Iran, Iraq
June 5	Friday	Equatorial Guinea, Iran
June 8	Monday	Venezuela*
June 10	Wednesday	Congo (Republic)
June 12	Friday	Nigeria
June 16	Tuesday	Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
June 24	Wednesday	Iran, Venezuela
June 25	Thursday	Algeria, Iran, Iraq
June 29	Monday	Venezuela*
July		Algeria, Venezuela
July		Iraq
July		Ecuador*, Venezuela
July		Ecuador*
Aug		Equatorial Guinea
Aug		Iran
Aug		Iraq
Aug		Ecuador
Aug		Iran
Aug		Iran
Aug		Congo (Republic), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Aug		Gabon
Aug		Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Aug		Iran
Aug		Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Aug		Kuwait
Aug		Gabon, Iran
Sep		Venezuela*
Sep		Libya
Sep		Angola
Sep		Angola
Sep		Saudi Arabia
Sep		Saudi Arabia*
Oct		Nigeria
Oct		Iraq
Oct		Ecuador
Oct		Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela
Oct		Libya
Oct		Venezuela*
Nov		Algeria, Congo (Republic), Gabon
Nov		Angola, Ecuador
Nov		Ecuador
Nov		Angola
Nov		Iran
Nov		Venezuela*
Nov		Congo (Republic)
Dec		UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Dec		UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Dec		Ecuador*
Dec		Ecuador, Venezuela
Dec		Equatorial Guinea
Dec		Iraq
Dec		Iran
Dec		Angola*, Libya, Venezuela
Dec		Angola, Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Nigeria, Venezuela
Dec		Nigeria
Dec		Nigeria
Dec		Angola, Ecuador, Venezuela

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