The topic of the current publication: school holidays in the UAE in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. We will provide the official dates of summer, winter and spring holidays in the United Arab Emirates. We will also indicate the dates of holidays on which schools will be closed. If you use this information on your site, please put a link to this publication on ALYO.info or on the main page of the site.
Useful information
Since 2010-2011, the United Arab Emirates has switched to a trimester system of education. Accordingly, there are three periods of rest during the academic year:
- Summer break (summer holidays).
- Winter holidays.
- Spring break.
In addition to the vacation periods, schoolchildren have rest on public holidays. Usually, there are 4 to 8 such days during the school year. All holidays in the UAE are celebrated according to the Muslim calendar. Therefore, in the generally accepted Gregorian calendar, their dates are constantly changing.
The government sets the dates of public holidays one year in advance. Below we have provided the exact dates of holidays for the 2024-2025 school year. We have also provided approximate dates for the 2025-2026 school year. The information will be periodically checked and updated.
IMPORTANT! In the United Arab Emirates, schools can change their school holiday schedule. But this happens quite rarely. The government requires that they adhere to the recommended school year schedule as much as possible. In addition, there must be at least 182 school days in the school year.
School Holidays in the United Arab Emirates 2024-2025
In this section you will find the start and end dates of school holidays in the UAE 2024-2025. Also indicated are public holidays that are not included in them. On these days, schools in the United Arab Emirates are closed.
- Summer holidays: from July 1 to August 25, 2024.
- Start of the school year: August 26, 2024.
- Winter holidays: from December 16, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
- Spring Break: March 24 to April 13, 2025.
- Summer holidays: from June 30 to August 24, 2025.
Schools are closed for holidays:
- September 15, 2024 – Prophet’s Birthday.
- December 1, 2024 – Martyrs’ Day.
- December 2-3, 2024 – National Day.
- January 1, 2025 – New Year.
- 5-8 June 2025 – Eid al-Adha.
- June 26, 2025 – Hijri New Year.
You can also download the original United Arab Emirates school calendar for 2024-2025, published on the UAE government portal.
School Holidays in UAE 2025-2026
Below are the exact official dates of school holidays in the United Arab Emirates for the 2025-2026 academic year. We have also provided approximate dates of holidays during which schools are closed. At the time of writing, the UAE government has not published an officially approved holiday calendar.
- Summer holidays: from June 30 to August 24, 2025.
- Start of the school year: August 25, 2025.
- Winter holidays: from December 15, 2025 to January 4, 2026.
- Spring Break: March 23 to April 12, 2026.
Non-school days in 2025-2026:
- December 1, 2025 – Martyrs’ Day.
- December 2-3, 2025 – National Day.
- January 1, 2026 – New Year.
In this publication, ALYO.info told about school holidays in the UAE 2024-2025-2026. also gave the dates of holidays when schoolchildren will not have classes. When creating the article, we used information from the official website of the government of the United Arab Emirates and data from previous years. Be sure to share this publication with your friends!