Let’s face it, the best part about a new year isn’t that resolution you’re going to make, but rather the fact that you get to start from scratch with your vacation calendar at work! If you’re like me, I always check out the list of public/bank holidays for the year so I can see which ones fall on the weekdays, especially ones that fall on Thursdays or Sundays, because… 3-day weekends are what we live for!
Below is a list of the 2019 national holidays in Jordan and the day of the week they fall on so you can start planning your weekend getaways or staycations right now.
January
- Tuesday, 1 January 2019 – New Year’s Day “Ras Assanah al-Miladi”
May
- Thursday, 2 May 2019 – Labor Day “Eid el-Ommal”
- Saturday, 25 May 2019 – Independence Day “Eid el-Istiklaal”
June
- Tuesday-Friday, 4-7 June 2019 – End of Ramadan “Eid Al Fitr”
August
- Saturday-Wednesday, 10-14 August 2019 – “Eid Al-Adha” (dates subject to change, depends on lunar calendar)
- Saturday, 31 August 2019 – Islamic New Year “Hijri New Year”
November
- Saturday, 9 November 2019 – Birthday of Prophet Mohhamad “Mawlid al-Nabi”
December
- Wednesday, 25 December 2019 – Christmas Day
