United Arab Emirates · 2027
The UAE publishes its public holidays by rule rather than by year: the two national dates are fixed, and the four Islamic holidays follow the moon, so none of them has a 2027 date yet.
The .ics file is all-day events with no timezone attached, which is what stops a date landing a day out in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. The CSV carries the source URL for every row, so you can check any date yourself.
Friday 1 January 2027
A public holiday on a fixed Gregorian date, listed by u.ae as applicable to both the public and private sectors.
Suggested: start planning 4 December 2026, launch by 18 December 2026. Suggested planning window, not a measured figure.
Nothing on the calendar for February.
Nothing on the calendar for March.
Nothing on the calendar for April.
Nothing on the calendar for May.
Nothing on the calendar for June.
Nothing on the calendar for July.
Nothing on the calendar for August.
Nothing on the calendar for September.
Nothing on the calendar for October.
Nothing on the calendar for November.
Thursday 2 December 2027 to Friday 3 December 2027
The UAE's national day on 2 and 3 December, fixed on the Gregorian calendar.
Suggested: start planning 4 November 2027, launch by 18 November 2027. Suggested planning window, not a measured figure.
These are set by the companies that run them, usually a few days ahead. They are on the calendar because you still have to plan around them, and the weekly check moves each one into its month the day the date is announced.
Dates not announced
Arafah Day followed by the three days of Eid Al Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice.
2027 date not announced. u.ae gives Arafah Day as 9 Dhu Al Hijjah and Eid Al Adha as 10 to 12 Dhu Al Hijjah, and says Islamic holidays are determined according to moon sighting, so no 2027 calendar date has been published. This page carries no date rather than a calculated one.
In 2026 it ran from 2 July to 30 August. The 2027 dates have not been announced.
Dubai's summer promotion, run across the city's malls, hotels and attractions.
2027 dates not announced. The 2026 window is shown as a guide only. Dubai Summer Surprises is run by the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, which announces each edition itself.
Dates not announced
The three-day holiday that ends Ramadan, on the first three days of Shawwal.
2027 date not announced. u.ae gives Eid Al Fitr as 1 to 3 Shawwal and says Islamic holidays are determined according to moon sighting, so no 2027 calendar date has been published. This page carries no date rather than a calculated one, and will be dated when an official source states it.
Dates not announced
The Islamic new year, a single public holiday on 1 Muharram.
2027 date not announced. u.ae gives the Hijri New Year as 1 Muharram and says Islamic holidays are determined according to moon sighting, so no 2027 calendar date has been published.
Dates not announced
A single public holiday on 12 Rabi' Awwal.
2027 date not announced. u.ae gives the Prophet Mohammed's Birthday as 12 Rabi' Awwal and says Islamic holidays are determined according to moon sighting, so no 2027 calendar date has been published.
Only rules with an official source behind them are listed. This is not legal advice and it is not a complete list of everything that applies to your category.
The specs, the platform mechanics and the things that break, for the campaigns these dates are for.
the current dimensions, from each platform's own documentation
the disapprovals and delivery problems that actually land mid-season
official ranking signals, sourced, not recycled myths
plain definitions, with a position taken
A campaign planned in September and launched in October runs on whatever the platforms shipped in between.
This calendar carries 7 moments for the United Arab Emirates in 2027: 2 with a date confirmed by an official source, 0 expected but not yet confirmed, and 5 where the body or company that sets the date has not announced 2027 yet. It is not every observance in the country, only the ones that change what an advertiser should do.
From the body that sets them. Every moment on this page links to its own source, and the quoted line that was checked against that source is stored alongside it. The sources are re-fetched every month and every provisional date is re-checked every week. Nothing here is worked out from a calendar table on this site.
Because they are not. Retailers set their own sale dates and announce them days ahead, not a year out. Religious dates that depend on a moon sighting are confirmed locally close to the day. Showing you a guess in those cases would be worse than showing you the window, so the page shows the window.
A suggestion, not a measured figure, and every page says so where it appears. It works backwards from the date: when to agree the offer and budget, and when ads should be live. The defaults are set once per type of moment in one file, so they can be argued with and changed in one place rather than being different on every page.
Yes. The calendar file on this page imports into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook as all-day events, so nothing lands a day out. The CSV has the same moments with the planning windows and the source URL for every row, which is the version to use if you are building a media plan.
No date on this calendar is calculated here. Every one is read off an official source and checked against it again every month. Where a 2027 date does not exist yet, the page says so rather than guessing.