Long Weekends in Saudi Arabia 2025
Saudi Arabia has 2 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Fri–Sat weekends; the longest natural break runs 3 days (Mar 28 – 30). Placed well, 2 days of leave stretches a break to 5 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 2
- Longest break
- 3 days
- Best bridge
- +2 → 5 days
- Weekend
- Fri–Sat
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Every break in 2025
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Mar 31 – Apr 3) for 9 days off (Mar 28 – Apr 5).
Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jun 1–4) for 9 days off (May 30 – Jun 7).
National Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Sep 21–22) for 5 days off (Sep 19 – 23).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4d · Mar 31 – Apr 3 | Mar 28 – Apr 5 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 1–4 | May 30 – Jun 7 |
| 5Best value | 2d · Sep 21–22 | Sep 19 – 23 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 21–22 + Sep 24–25 | Sep 19 – 27 |
| 5 | 2d · Sep 24–25 | Sep 23 – 27 |
Computed from Saudi Arabia's public holidays plus Fri–Sat weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.