Sarawak Public Holidays 2026

What the 2026 calendar means for your leave

In this Sarawak calendar, 14 of the 18 distinct public holiday dates fall on Monday to Friday. The remaining 4 fall on Saturday or Sunday. This distinction matters: a weekday holiday can remove a working day from a break, while a holiday on an existing weekly off-day does not automatically create another day off in this planner.

Read the holiday table as a list of calendar dates, rather than a leave balance. Two holiday names on the same date occupy one day in a trip. An explicitly listed observed date can occupy a separate day; LeaveGain does not invent another substitute date when holidays overlap. Check the linked official schedule and your workplace calendar if an observed day affects a booking.

What changes when you select Sarawak

The Sarawak selection adds the entries below to the calendar marked as applying nationwide. Some are shared with other states or territories, so “additional” does not mean exclusive to Sarawak. These dates explain why a national recommendation may miss a useful local break.

• Tahun Baharu — Thursday, 1 January 2026; falls on a weekday.
• Good Friday — Friday, 3 April 2026; falls on a weekday.
• Perayaan Hari Gawai Dayak — Monday, 1 June 2026; falls on a weekday.
• Perayaan Hari Gawai Dayak — Tuesday, 2 June 2026; falls on a weekday.
• Hari Kemerdekaan Sarawak — Wednesday, 22 July 2026; falls on a weekday.
• Hari Jadi Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak — Saturday, 10 October 2026; falls on the guide’s assumed weekend.

Use this calendar for a workplace in Sarawak, even if your trip is elsewhere. If you and a travel companion work in different states, compare both calendars: a day that is free for one person may cost the other a leave day. Agree the shared travel dates before comparing leave costs.

A worked Sarawak 2026 leave example

For a one-day request, the planner finds a break from Saturday, 14 February 2026 to Wednesday, 18 February 2026, around Tahun Baharu Cina / Tahun Baharu Cina (Hari Kedua). Request Monday, 16 February 2026 as annual leave. The other dates in this 5-day span are public holidays or weekly off-days in the calendar used for this page.

The calculation is 1 leave day + 4 holiday or weekly off-days = 5 consecutive days off. The 5.0× figure divides total days off by leave used. “Days gained” describes the non-leave dates inside that break; it does not mean that your employer gives you 4 extra leave days.

With a two-day budget, another candidate runs from Wednesday, 27 May 2026 to Tuesday, 2 June 2026 and gives 7 days off. Its leave dates are Thursday, 28 May 2026 and Friday, 29 May 2026. Compare this entire alternative with the one-day option; it may surround a different holiday or overlap it. Do not add the two cards’ totals together without checking their dates.

Turn these dates into a workable request

Check every date marked as leave against your actual working week. If you work Saturdays, the weekend-based total may overstate your free time. If your days off rotate from week to week, a repeating custom week cannot represent the whole roster; review each date manually. The year and state labels alone do not establish your personal schedule.

Send your employer the working dates you want to take off, together with the full absence period and a return-to-work date checked against your roster. Keep an alternative break in case colleagues have requested the same dates. Once approved, record the leave you have used before planning the next trip so the same balance is not spent twice.

For a step-by-step budget example, overlapping-trip explanation and planning checklist, read how to build an annual leave plan. The holiday source on this page supports the calendar dates; the comparisons and recommendations are LeaveGain’s calculations from that data.