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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Qatar

The list of Qatar 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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09 Aug 2010 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) The Qatari Council of Ministers has announced Decision No.6 of 2010 which extends the Eid al-Fitr public sector holidays for all the government departments, to range from September 7 to September 18, 2010, inclusively. • 11 Dec 2009 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) Qatar's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed bin Abdul Aziz al-Thani, has announced that the date of the upcoming National Day public holiday had been moved from Friday, December 18, to Thursday, December 17, 2009. • 23 Nov 2009 (Qatar Central Bank-Doha) The Qatar Central Bank has announced that the bank holidays for the upcoming "Eid Al Adha" holidays will start on Thursday, November 26, 2009, and will last for 3 business days. • 18 Sep 2009 (The Peninsula-Doha) Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) has announced that banks in Qatar will be closed for three days for Eid Al-Fitr holidays starting on the first day of the upcoming Eid (expected on Sunday, September 20, 2009). • 03 Sep 2009 (The Peninsula-Qatar) Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has endorsed cabinet decision No.33 of 2009 that creates a new annual bank and financial sector holiday on the first Sunday of March. • 19 Aug 2009 (Qatari News Agency-QNA) The official Qatari News Agency has reported that Government departments and institutions will work only in the mornings during the upcoming month of Ramadan. • 16 Apr 2009 (Qatar Central Bank-Doha) The recent proposal for an annual March bank holiday, initiated by the Central Bank of Qatar, was approved at a recent session of Qatar's cabinet, presided by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah. • 17 Sep 2008 (The Peninsula-Doha) Qatar's minister of state for cabinet affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed bin Abdulaziz al-Thani, announced that, for for ministries and government departments, the upcoming Eid al-Fitr public holidays would stretch from Sunday, September 28, to Monday, October 6, 2008, while other public institutions would start on the same date but finish on Sunday, October 5. • 06 Feb 2008 (Amiri Diwan-Doha) The Chairman of the Qatar's Cabinet of Ministers, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, has signed an official cabinet decision which lists anew which dates are public holidays in Qatar, and how many days each public holidays is to last. • 13 Dec 2007 (Gulf Times) Yesterday, the Qatar Central Bank announced a bank holiday for the period of December 18-23, inclusively. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Qatar public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekends: After a one year trial period in 2000, the weekend in Qatar is now Friday and Saturday. Friday is the Muslim day of prayer and all offices are closed. Some shops, supermarkets, and malls do however open in the afternoon. • Qatar International Codes QA and QAT (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .qa (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Qatar information and news: Qatar Central Bank (Qatar central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Qatar maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Qatar), and Wikipedia (includes Qatar commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Qatar, 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. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Qatar 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 Qatar were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. 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 Qatar, 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 Qatar, before planning any trip to Qatar. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.