Note This! The Remaining Long Weekend Holidays in 2026
The public needs to prepare for the scarcity of long holiday moments in the second half of 2026. After a May punctuated by several public holidays adjacent to weekends, the opportunity to enjoy a long weekend is now increasingly limited.
Entering the middle and end of the year, the number of remaining long weekends can be counted on one hand. There are at least only two more long weekend moments for the public.
First, 17 August 2026, which falls on a Monday. This moment allows the public to enjoy a three-day long weekend from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The second will arrive at the end of 2026. The government has set a collective leave day for Christmas on Thursday (24/12/2026), followed by the Christmas holiday on Friday. This allows the public to enjoy a four-day long weekend from Thursday to Sunday.
For more details, here are the remaining public holidays the public can still enjoy until the end of 2026, based on the Joint Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs, the Minister of Manpower, and the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform:
1 June (Monday) - Pancasila Day
16 June (Tuesday) - 1 Muharram (Islamic New Year 1448 Hijriah)
17 August (Monday) - Independence Day
25 August (Tuesday) - Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday
25 December (Friday) - Christmas Day
Collective leave 24 December (Thursday) - Christmas.
This situation has been widely discussed by netizens on social media. A number of social media users expressed sadness because the coming months have fewer holidays.
“4 months of full work then,” commented a netizen, adding a crying emoticon.
However, another netizen said that now is the time to refocus on work. Moreover, according to them, in February 2027 the Muslim community will already be facing the holy month of Ramadan and then Eid al-Fitr.
“The calendar also realises it’s time for you to work hard again, because February brings fasting and Eid is waiting,” said a netizen in their Instagram comment, quoted on Thursday (18/6/2026).
Although long weekend holidays are becoming fewer, the public can still make use of existing holidays to travel and spend time with family. Without having to travel out of town, various interesting destinations within the city can also be an option to fill the holiday time.