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Fares from Wego, KWD, 21 and 24 Aug 2026
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How the days fall
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The cheapest places to fly from Kuwait on a long weekend
National Day, 25 to 27 February 2027. Cheapest nonstop return per adult from Kuwait: Riyadh KWD 53, Dubai KWD 55, Bahrain KWD 59, Doha KWD 61, Muscat KWD 75, Beirut KWD 79, Istanbul KWD 79, Jeddah KWD 83, Amman KWD 84, Cairo KWD 87, Kochi KWD 106 and Delhi KWD 107.
Eid al-Adha, 14 to 19 May 2027, six days off for no leave: Dubai KWD 68, Istanbul KWD 69, Doha KWD 72, Bahrain KWD 75, Muscat KWD 75, Riyadh KWD 75, Amman KWD 83, Beirut KWD 85, Cairo KWD 86, Jeddah KWD 96, Kochi KWD 106, and Delhi KWD 107.
Booking early beats picking the right holiday. Over the Prophet’s Birthday, three days out, all twelve nonstop routes cost more than the same route months ahead: Beirut and Istanbul both about 3.7 times the price (KWD 242 against KWD 66, and KWD 246 against KWD 67), Delhi the mildest at 37 per cent up. And Eid al-Adha is priced by the expat routes, not leisure: Istanbul, Cairo, Delhi and Kochi are flat against March.
Every Kuwait public holiday until end of 2027
| Holiday | Dates | Days off with no leave | Longest run with leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prophet’s Birthday | Thursday 27 August 2026 | 3 days, Thursday to Saturday | 9 days, 21 to 29 August, using 4 leave days |
| New Year’s Day | Friday 1 January 2027 | Falls on the weekend, so it adds nothing on its own | 9 days, 1 to 9 January, using 4 leave days |
| Isra and Mi’raj Expected | Wednesday 6 January 2027 | Midweek and alone. Three leave days join it to New Year for 6 days | 9 days, 1 to 9 January, using 4 leave days |
| National Day and Liberation Day | Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February 2027 | 3 days, Thursday to Saturday | 9 days, 19 to 27 February, using 4 leave days |
| Eid al-Fitr Expected | Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 March 2027 | 4 days, Wednesday to Saturday | 9 days, 5 to 13 March, using 3 leave days |
| Waqfat Arafat Day and Eid al-Adha Expected | Sunday 16 to Wednesday 19 May 2027 | 6 days, Friday 14 to Wednesday 19 | 11 days, 12 to 22 May, using 3 leave days |
| Islamic New Year Expected | Sunday 6 June 2027 | 3 days, Friday to Sunday | 9 days, 4 to 12 June, using 4 leave days |
| The Prophet’s Birthday Expected | Sunday 15 August 2027 | 3 days, Friday to Sunday | 9 days, 13 to 21 August, using 4 leave days |
| Isra and Mi’raj Expected | Sunday 26 December 2027 | 3 days, Friday to Sunday | 9 days, 24 December to 1 January, using 4 leave days |
New Year, National Day and Liberation Day are fixed dates. The rest follow the Hijri calendar and stay marked expected until Kuwait confirms, usually one to three weeks ahead. Working week: Sunday to Thursday.
Where to stay over the National Day break: 25 to 28 February 2027
Why these dates: 25 and 26 February 2027 fall Thursday and Friday, so the break runs to Saturday for no leave. Four of these are the cities the flight card prices cheapest over this window.
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Swiss-Belinn Sharq, Kuwait
Room level comparison
Total for 3 nights, 1 room.
More places to stay in Kuwait
Nine more, same dates.
The cheapest places to stay over the National Day break
Three nights, 25 to 28 February 2027, two adults, total for the stay: Istanbul from KWD 18 (Stylish Hotel Old City), Muscat from KWD 36 (Parkside Plaza Hotel - Muscat), Kuwait from KWD 51 (Hotel ibis Sharq), Dubai from KWD 66 (Holiday Inn Express DUBAI AIRPORT by IHG) and Bahrain from KWD 120 (Crowne Plaza Bahrain by IHG).
Staying in Kuwait wins on the total, not on the room rate. Istanbul has the cheapest room at KWD 18, but two adults still need KWD 158 of airfare to reach it, so the trip starts at KWD 176. Three nights in Kuwait City start at KWD 51 with no airfare at all, and the best-reviewed property in the whole set that costs under KWD 150 is also in Kuwait: Swiss-Belinn Sharq, 9.2 out of 10 from 1,258 reviews, KWD 123 for the three nights with free cancellation on every rate it sells. A Kuwait staycation is the cheapest way to take this break, and the only one where a changed plan costs nothing.
Istanbul is the deepest market of the five: 2,023 bookable properties against 60 in Kuwait and 88 apiece in Bahrain and Muscat. Free cancellation costs nothing extra at the featured Kuwait and Muscat properties and KWD 33 in Bahrain.
Frequently asked questions
How many Kuwait long weekends are left in 2026?
One, and it is confirmed. The Civil Service Commission announced on 12 August 2026 that the Prophet’s Birthday holiday falls on Thursday 27 August, with work resuming Sunday 30 August. Because the Kuwaiti weekend is Friday and Saturday, a Thursday holiday runs straight into it: three consecutive days off for no leave at all, and four if you take Wednesday 26 August as well. After that the calendar is empty until New Year’s Day on Friday 1 January 2027, so the next break is more than four months away.
Which Kuwait public holiday gives the longest break?
Arafat Day and Eid al-Adha in May 2027, by a distance. The holidays are expected to run Sunday 16 to Wednesday 19 May, and with the Friday and Saturday weekend in front of them that is six consecutive days off for no leave whatsoever, 14 to 19 May. A single leave day on Thursday 20 May carries it across the following weekend and makes nine days. Three leave days make eleven. Nothing else in 2026 or 2027 comes close without booking leave.
Why is a Wednesday holiday not a long weekend in Kuwait?
Because Kuwait’s weekend is Friday and Saturday, which makes the working week Sunday to Thursday. A Wednesday holiday such as Isra and Mi’raj on 6 January 2027 has a full working Thursday between it and the weekend, so on its own it is one day off in the middle of a normal week. The reverse is also true and more useful: a Sunday holiday is attached to the weekend already, which is why Islamic New Year on Sunday 6 June 2027 and the Prophet’s Birthday on Sunday 15 August 2027 are both three-day breaks for nothing.
What happens if a Kuwait public holiday falls on the weekend?
It is usually compensated with a rest day on the next working day, but that is announced case by case by the Civil Service Commission rather than granted automatically, so it is not something to book flights against a year ahead. It matters twice here. New Year’s Day 2027 falls on Friday 1 January, which would move the day off to Sunday 3 January. Liberation Day falls on Friday 26 February 2027, and if it is compensated on Sunday 28 February the National Day break becomes four days off rather than three, for no leave at all. There is a good precedent for that one: February 2021 had exactly the same weekdays, 25 February on a Thursday and 26 February on a Friday, and Kuwait made Thursday and Friday the official holiday, added Saturday and Sunday as rest days, and resumed work on Monday 1 March. Every figure in the table above nonetheless assumes no compensation, so it is the floor rather than the hope.
When is the cheapest time to fly out of Kuwait on a long weekend?
Whenever you book early, more than whichever holiday you choose. The cheapest single fare in this whole set is Dubai at KWD 53 return per adult over Eid al-Fitr. Compare that with the same routes over the Prophet’s Birthday three days out, where every one of the twelve nonstop routes still selling was dearer than its cheapest planned window, Kochi by KWD 195 and Istanbul by KWD 179. Across the four windows booked months ahead the cheapest fare barely moves, so the lead time is doing the work, not the date.
Is a staycation in Kuwait cheaper than flying out for the long weekend?
Yes, once the airfare is counted. Over the National Day break, 25 to 28 February 2027, the cheapest three nights for two adults in Kuwait City are KWD 51 at Hotel ibis Sharq in Sharq. The cheapest three nights anywhere in this set are KWD 18 in Istanbul, but the flight card prices the cheapest nonstop Kuwait to Istanbul return at KWD 79 per adult, so two people add KWD 158 and the trip starts at KWD 176. The same arithmetic holds against Dubai, Muscat and Bahrain. Kuwait also carries the best value at the top of the range: Swiss-Belinn Sharq scores 9.2 out of 10 from 1,258 reviews at KWD 123 for the three nights, every rate refundable, which is less than the airfare alone to most of the fly-out options. Wego lists 60 bookable Kuwait City properties for these dates, from KWD 17 a night to KWD 180.
How much is a three-night stay over the Kuwait National Day break?
For 25 to 28 February 2027, two adults in one room, the cheapest of the 50 properties listed above is Stylish Hotel Old City in Istanbul at KWD 18 for all three nights. Istanbul starts at KWD 18, Muscat at KWD 36 and Kuwait at KWD 51, while Bahrain is the dearest floor of the five at KWD 120 because it has only 88 bookable properties and a National Day weekend fills them. The dearest listed stay is Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay at KWD 807. All figures are live Wego rates for the full three nights, not per night.
Sources
- Kuwait Times, 12 August 2026 (the CSC circular confirming Thursday 27 August 2026 as the Prophet’s Birthday holiday)
- Arab Times, 17 February 2026 (the National Day and Liberation Day circular, and the legal basis Kuwait cites: Cabinet Resolutions 42 of 1979 and 179 of 1992)
- Wego, Is Kuwait Airport Open (the live terminal picture at Kuwait International)
- Kuwait Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Articles 67 and 68 (nine official holidays, twelve days in all). Not linked: the Public Authority for Manpower no longer serves the text
- Wego holiday, flight and hotel data (holiday dates; 66 nonstop fare searches over fifteen destinations and five windows, after a probe that dropped Baku, Tbilisi, Salalah, Sharm El Sheikh and Male as having no nonstop on sale; rates and rate sheets for five cities including Kuwait City, 25 to 28 February 2027. Sampled 21 and 24 August 2026)
