Tanzania Holidays

National and bank holidays for 2026

Year:

Holidays

National

Bank

January

New Year's Day (Mwaka Mpya) national

First day of the Gregorian calendar year

Thu, Jan 1

Zanzibar Revolution Day (Siku ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar) national

Commemorates the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution

Mon, Jan 12

March

Eid al-Fitr (Sikukuu ya Eid el Fitr) national

End of Ramadan

Mon, Mar 30

April

Good Friday (Ijumaa Kuu) national

Friday before Easter

Fri, Apr 3

Easter Monday (Jumatatu ya Pasaka) national

Monday after Easter

Mon, Apr 6

Karume Day (Siku ya Karume) national

Commemorates Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, first President of Zanzibar

Tue, Apr 7

Union Day (Siku ya Muungano) national

Celebrates the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964

Mon, Apr 27

Actual: Sun, Apr 26

May

Labour Day (Siku ya Wafanyakazi) national

International Workers' Day

Fri, May 1

June

Eid al-Adha (Sikukuu ya Eid el Hajj) national

Festival of Sacrifice

Sat, Jun 6

July

Saba Saba Day (Siku ya Saba Saba) national

Peasants' Day and Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair

Tue, Jul 7

August

Nane Nane Day (Siku ya Nane Nane) national

Farmers' Day celebrating agriculture

Sat, Aug 8

October

Nyerere Day (Siku ya Nyerere) national

Commemorates Julius Nyerere, founding father of Tanzania

Wed, Oct 14

December

Independence Day (Siku ya Uhuru) national

Celebrates Tanganyika's independence from Britain in 1961

Wed, Dec 9

Christmas Day (Siku ya Krismas) national

Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ

Fri, Dec 25

Boxing Day (Siku ya Sanduku) national

Day after Christmas

Sat, Dec 26

API Access

/national-holidays/api/TZ/index.json View JSON

All available years for Tanzania

/national-holidays/api/TZ/2026.json View JSON

/national-holidays/api/TZ/2027.json View JSON

/national-holidays/api/TZ/2028.json View JSON

/national-holidays/api/TZ/2029.json View JSON

/national-holidays/api/TZ/2030.json View JSON

ISO Alpha-2

ISO Alpha-3

TZA

Official Name

United Republic of Tanzania

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