If you’re already thinking about how to plan travel, family events, or just sneaky long weekends, here’s everything you need to know about Malta’s public holidays in 2026.

Full-time employees are in for a treat, because three holidays fall on weekends, giving extra paid leave days.

Here’s the full list:

• 1st January, Thursday – New Year’s Day

• 10th February, Tuesday – Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck

• 19th March, Thursday – Feast of St Joseph

• 31st March, Tuesday – Freedom Day

• 3rd April, Friday – Good Friday

• 1st May, Friday – Workers’ Day

• 7th June, Sunday – Sette Giugno  Extra leave day

• 29th June, Monday – Feast of St Peter and St Paul

• 15th August, Saturday – Feast of the Assumption  Extra leave day

• 8th September, Tuesday – Victory Day

• 21st September, Monday – Independence Day

• 8th December, Tuesday – Immaculate Conception

• 13th December, Sunday – Republic Day  Extra leave day

• 25th December, Friday – Christmas Day

Three holidays land on weekends next year, meaning three extra days of paid vacation for full-time employees. For part-timers, the extra leave is pro-rata, but everyone still gets a little bonus downtime.

So, what’s your pick: extra leave days or midweek holidays to break up the week? Either way, 2026 is looking like a year worth planning around!