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DFM holidays 2026 and 2027

Dubai Financial Market (XDFM). DFM is closed on 13 weekdays in 2026.

Id
XDFM
Kind
Exchange
Time zone
Asia/Dubai
Weekend
Sat–Sun
Years of data
2000–2040
Verified years
2025, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-14

2026

All dates verified against official sources.

DateNameEffectSources
Thu 1 Jan 2026New Year's DayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Mon 2 Mar 2026Market closure (Capital Market Authority)Closed[1][4][6][8][10][11][14]
Tue 3 Mar 2026Market closure (Capital Market Authority)Closed[1][4][6][8][10][11][14]
Thu 19 Mar 2026Eid al-Fitr HolidayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Fri 20 Mar 2026Eid al-FitrClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Sat 21 Mar 2026Eid al-Fitr HolidayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Sun 22 Mar 2026Eid al-Fitr HolidayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Tue 26 May 2026Day of ArafahClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Wed 27 May 2026Eid al-AdhaClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Thu 28 May 2026Eid al-Adha HolidayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Fri 29 May 2026Eid al-Adha HolidayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Mon 15 Jun 2026Islamic New YearClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Fri 28 Aug 2026Prophet's BirthdayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Wed 2 Dec 2026National DayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]
Thu 3 Dec 2026National DayClosed[4][6][8][10][11][14]

2027

From the holidays library: not yet checked against an official source.

DateNameEffectSources
Fri 1 Jan 2027New Year's DayClosed
Tue 9 Mar 2027Eid al-Fitr (estimated)Closed
Wed 10 Mar 2027Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)Closed
Thu 11 Mar 2027Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)Closed
Sat 15 May 2027Day of Arafah (estimated)Closed
Sun 16 May 2027Eid al-Adha (estimated)Closed
Mon 17 May 2027Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)Closed
Tue 18 May 2027Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)Closed
Sun 6 Jun 2027Islamic New Year (estimated)Closed
Sat 14 Aug 2027Prophet's Birthday (estimated)Closed
Thu 2 Dec 2027National DayClosed
Fri 3 Dec 2027National DayClosed
Provenance

Official sources

A verified year has been checked against these sources. We keep a dated copy of each page and watch it for changes.

DFM holidays: questions

How many weekdays is DFM closed in 2026?

13: New Year's Day (Thu 1 Jan 2026); Market closure (Capital Market Authority) (Mon 2 Mar 2026); Market closure (Capital Market Authority) (Tue 3 Mar 2026); Eid al-Fitr Holiday (Thu 19 Mar 2026); Eid al-Fitr (Fri 20 Mar 2026); Day of Arafah (Tue 26 May 2026); Eid al-Adha (Wed 27 May 2026); Eid al-Adha Holiday (Thu 28 May 2026); Eid al-Adha Holiday (Fri 29 May 2026); Islamic New Year (Mon 15 Jun 2026); Prophet's Birthday (Fri 28 Aug 2026); National Day (Wed 2 Dec 2026); National Day (Thu 3 Dec 2026).

Use it from the API

With your API key, the same dates as above, as JSON:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FC_API_KEY" "https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/holidays?calendars=XDFM&from=2026-01-01&to=2027-12-31"

Holidays endpoint reference

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An .ics feed for Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, updated with each release.

https://api.financecalendarapi.com/v1/calendars/XDFM.ics?key=YOUR_KEY

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