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

Plan your Kota Kinabalu leave around Hari Merdeka, Kaamatan (Harvest Festival), Good Friday and Christmas Eve.

Sabah has 6 state-specific public holidays in 2026 on top of the 14 federal gazetted holidays. The big ones — Harvest Festival (Kaamatan), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, and the Sabah Governor's Birthday — give Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau employees extra long weekends that federal-only calendars don't show.

Sabah's best long weekends in 2026

20 Mar – 23 Mar 2026 · 4 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Fri) + Sat + Sun + Mon replacement holiday. Stack applies nationwide.
30 May – 1 Jun 2026 · 3 days off
Sabah + Federal · 0 AL needed
Harvest Festival Day 1 + Harvest Festival Day 2 + Agong's Birthday. Wed 3 Jun replacement holiday extends this to 4 days for 0 AL — Sabah + Labuan only.
3 Apr – 5 Apr 2026 · 3 days off
Sabah + Sarawak only · 0 AL needed
Good Friday. Sabah and Sarawak are the only Malaysian states that gazette this. Friday naturally bridges the weekend.
24 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 · 4 days off
Sabah only · 0 AL needed
Christmas Eve (Sabah-only gazetted holiday, Thu) + Christmas Day (Fri) + weekend. Sabah is the only state that gets this stack.
1 May – 3 May 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Labour Day. Friday bridges the weekend.
28 Aug – 31 Aug 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Merdeka Day. Friday falls before Saturday — add 1 AL on Mon 31 Aug for a 4-day stretch.
30 Mar 2026 (Mon) · 1 day
Sabah only · 0 AL needed
Sabah Governor's Birthday. Standalone Monday — bridge with 1 AL on Fri 27 Mar or Tue 31 Mar for a 3-day weekend.

Every Sabah-specific public holiday in 2026

DateDayHoliday
30 Mar 2026MonSabah Governor's Birthday
03 Apr 2026FriGood Friday
30 May 2026SatHarvest Festival (Kaamatan) Day 1
31 May 2026SunHarvest Festival (Kaamatan) Day 2
03 Jun 2026WedHarvest Festival Replacement Holiday
24 Dec 2026ThuChristmas Eve

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

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

The headline Sabah-specific stack is Harvest Festival (30 May – 3 Jun) — a 5-day stretch for 0 AL when combined with Agong's Birthday on Monday 1 Jun. Add 1 AL on Tuesday 2 Jun and you get a 6-day mega-break — useful for travel to Mt Kinabalu, Sipadan, or a long family trip back to West Malaysia.

Compare this to Selangor or KL — federal-only long weekends max out at 4 days (Hari Raya Aidilfitri). Sabah employees who plan around Kaamatan consistently get the longest natural breaks of any Malaysian state.

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Other Malaysian states with extra public holidays

Sarawak has the most state holidays (7) including Hari Gawai. Perak, Johor, and Kedah each have 3-6 unique state-level gazetted holidays. Federal-only calendars miss all of these.