🇲🇾 Perak Long Weekends 2026 — Federal + Perak State Holidays, Stacked

Plan your Ipoh leave around Thaipusam, the Sultan of Perak's Birthday, and the federal holidays.

Perak has 3 state-specific public holidays in 2026 on top of the 14 federal gazetted holidays. The big ones — Thaipusam and the Sultan of Perak's Birthday — give Ipoh, Taiping and Lumut employees extra long weekends that federal-only calendars miss.

Perak's best long weekends in 2026

31 Jan – 2 Feb 2026 · 3 days off
Perak + 6 other states · 0 AL needed
Thaipusam (Sun) + Thaipusam replacement holiday (Mon). Sat-Sun-Thaipusam-Mon gives Ipoh employees 3 consecutive days. Stack applies in Selangor, KL, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang and Johor — but NOT Kedah, Kelantan or Terengganu.
20 Mar – 23 Mar 2026 · 4 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Fri) + Sat + Sun + Mon replacement holiday. Stack applies nationwide.
6 Nov – 8 Nov 2026 · 3 days off
Perak only · 0 AL needed
Sultan of Perak's Birthday (Fri 6 Nov). Friday naturally bridges the weekend. Extend with 1 AL on Mon 9 Nov for a 4-day stretch.
30 May – 1 Jun 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Wesak Day (Sun 31 May) + Agong's Birthday (Mon 1 Jun). Sat-Sun-Mon stretches 3 days for 0 AL.
29 Aug – 31 Aug 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Merdeka Day. Sat-Sun-Mon adds 1 AL on Fri 28 Aug for a 4-day weekend.
25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Christmas Day. Friday bridges the weekend.

Every Perak-specific public holiday in 2026

DateDayHoliday
01 Feb 2026SunThaipusam
02 Feb 2026MonThaipusam Replacement Holiday
06 Nov 2026FriSultan of Perak's Birthday

Plus all 14 federal holidays (Wesak Day, Merdeka Day, Malaysia Day, etc.) — see the full 2026 calendar.

How many AL days do Perak employees actually need in 2026?

Perak's Thaipusam stack (31 Jan – 2 Feb) and Sultan of Perak's Birthday (6 Nov) are the headline state-specific long weekends. Combined with the federal Hari Raya (Mar), Merdeka Day (Aug), and Christmas Day (Dec) weekend bridges, Ipoh employees can take 4+ separate 3+ day breaks using just 4-5 AL days — a very efficient ratio.

For 5 AL days total in 2026, a typical Perak employee gets: Thaipusam (3 days, 0 AL) + Sultan of Perak's Birthday (3 days, 0 AL) + Hari Raya Aidilfitri (4 days, 0 AL) + Merdeka Day extension (4 days, 1 AL) + Christmas Day (3 days, 0 AL) = 17 days off for 5 AL. The math checks out.

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Other Malaysian states with extra public holidays

Sarawak has the most state holidays (7), Sabah has 6, and Johor, Kedah, Selangor each have 5-6 unique state-level gazetted holidays. Federal-only calendars miss all of these.