1 dayWed, Jan 1
New Year's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Dec 30–31) for 5 days off (Dec 28 – Jan 1).
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Long Weekends in UAE 2025
UAE has 2 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 3 days (Jan 25 – 27). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 4 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 2
- Longest break
- 3 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 4 days
- Weekend
- Sat–Sun
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Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
3 daysSat, Jan 25 – Mon, Jan 27
252627
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jan 28–31) for 9 days off (Jan 25 – Feb 2).
2 daysSat, Mar 1 – Sun, Mar 2
12
2 daysSat, Mar 29 – Sun, Mar 30
2930
3 daysFri, Jun 6 – Sun, Jun 8
Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
678
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jun 2–5) for 9 days off (May 31 – Jun 8).
1 dayThu, Jun 26
Islamic New Year — a lone day off, bridge it:
26
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Jun 27) for 4 days off (Jun 26 – 29).
1 dayThu, Sep 4
Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid) — a lone day off, bridge it:
4
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Sep 5) for 4 days off (Sep 4 – 7).
1 dayTue, Dec 2
National Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
2
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Dec 1) for 4 days off (Nov 29 – Dec 2).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2d · Dec 30–31 | Dec 28 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 2–3 | Dec 28 – Jan 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 2–3 | Jan 1 – 5 |
| 9 | 4d · Jan 28–31 | Jan 25 – Feb 2 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 2–5 | May 31 – Jun 8 |
| 6 | 3d · Jun 23–25 | Jun 21 – 26 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 23–25 + Jun 27 | Jun 21 – 29 |
| 4Best value | 1d · Jun 27 | Jun 26 – 29 |
| 6 | 3d · Sep 1–3 | Aug 30 – Sep 4 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 1–3 + Sep 5 | Aug 30 – Sep 7 |
| 4 | 1d · Sep 5 | Sep 4 – 7 |
| 4 | 1d · Dec 1 | Nov 29 – Dec 2 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 1 + Dec 3–5 | Nov 29 – Dec 7 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 3–5 | Dec 2 – 7 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 29–31 | Dec 27 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 29–31 + Jan 2 | Dec 27 – Jan 4 |
Computed from UAE's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.