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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Jordan

The list of Jordan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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19 Nov 2009 (Jordan News Agency-Petra) Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, has released a communique declaring public holidays for all Jordanian public institutions and government departments, from Thursday, November 26, through Monday, November 30, 2009, for the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) holidays. • 28 Oct 2009 (Jordan News Agency-Petra) The government of Jordan has confirmed that, in addition to Monday, November 30, 2009, it had also declared Sunday, November 29, 2009, a public holiday. • 10 Sep 2009 (Jordan News Agency-Petra) Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, has announced that the public sector holidays for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), will be observed from Sunday, September 20, to Wednesday, September 23, 2009. • 04 Jun 2009 (Petra News Agency-Amman) Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, has announced that Tuesday, June 9, 2009, would be a one-off non-working public holiday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of King Abdullah's "assumption of his constitutional powers". • 19 May 2009 (The Jordan Times-Amman) A follow-up communiqué issued by Jordan's Prime Minister's office has clarified the status of the public holiday announced last week for Sunday, May 24, 2009. This date will be a general public holiday, not only limited to public servants, but Monday, May 25, 2009, will be a regular working day. • 15 May 2009 (The Jordan Times-Amman) A communiqué issued today by Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, has announced a public sector bridge holiday for Sunday, May 24, 2009, to coincide with the May 25 Independence Day public holiday. • 10 May 2009 (BBC Mundo-Amman) The authorities in Jordan have declared a public holiday today for all Christians so that they may attend the mass given by Pope Benedict XVI. • 03 Mar 2009 (Jordanian News Agency-Petra) Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, announced last night that the government had decided to change the date of the upcoming Prophet Mohammad's Birthday public holiday, from Sunday, March 8, to Monday, March 9, 2009. • 22 Dec 2008 (Petra News Agency-Amman) Two recent communiqués issued by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi have confirmed the dates and occurrence of the 3 public holidays that will occur at the end of December 2008 and the beginning of January 2009. • 01 Dec 2008 (The Jordan Times-Amman) Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Dahabi, issued a statement announcing that contrary to earlier announcements, the upcoming Eid al-Adha Public Holidays in Jordan would run from December 7 to December 11, 2008, inclusively. • 17 Feb 2007 (Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit's Office) Clocks will move forward by 60 minutes (GMT + 3) at midnight on the last Thursday in March. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Jordan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends are Fridays and Saturdays. • Normal Business Hours: Fridays and Saturdays government offices, banks and most offices are closed. Government departments are open from 08:00 to 15:00 daily, Sunday to Thursday. • Ramadan Business Hours: Working hours for public agencies in Jordan are customarily reduced to 09:00 to 14:00. during the month of Ramadan, instead of 08:00 to 15:00 during the rest of the year. Private businesses also adjust their working day during the fasting month. • In January 2007, Jordan's King Abdullah II instructed the government to scrap both royal public holidays: the The King's Birthday (January 30) and late King Hussein's birthday (November 14) in a bid to boost productivity in the kingdom . • Christmas is an official public holiday in Jordan since 1956 . • Jordan International Codes JO and JOR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .jo (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Jordan information and news: Central Bank of Jordan (Jordan central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Jordan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Jordan), and Wikipedia (includes Jordan commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Jordan, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Jordan that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Jordan, for the current year, were based on the official dates published by the government of Jordan until the end of 2011. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Jordan, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Jordan, before planning any trip to Jordan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.