🇲🇾 Sarawak Long Weekends 2026 — Hari Gawai, Sarawak Day & Good Friday Stacked

Plan your Kuching leave around Hari Gawai, Sarawak Day and the most state holidays of any Malaysian state.

Sarawak has 7 state-specific public holidays in 2026 — the most of any Malaysian state — on top of the 14 federal gazetted holidays. The big ones — Hari Gawai (Dayak harvest festival), Sarawak Day, Good Friday, and the Sarawak Governor's Birthday — give Kuching, Miri, Sibu and Bintulu employees more long weekends than workers anywhere else in Malaysia.

Sarawak's best long weekends in 2026

3 Apr – 5 Apr 2026 · 3 days off
Sarawak + Sabah only · 0 AL needed
Good Friday. Sarawak and Sabah are the only Malaysian states that gazette this. Friday naturally bridges the weekend.
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 – 2 Jun 2026 · 4 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Wesak Day (Sun 31 May) + Agong's Birthday (Mon 1 Jun) + Hari Gawai Day 2 (Tue 2 Jun). Federal Wesak+Agong stack extends naturally into Hari Gawai for Sarawak.
1 Jun – 4 Jun 2026 · 4 days off
Sarawak · 0 AL needed
Hari Gawai Day 1 (Mon) + Hari Gawai Day 2 (Tue) + Hari Gawai Day 3 replacement (Wed) + Hari Gawai Day 4 (Thu). The only fully Sarawak-specific 4-day stretch in 2026.
22 Jul – 23 Jul 2026 · 2 days
Sarawak only · 0 AL needed
Sarawak Day. Standalone Wed. Add 1 AL on Tue 21 Jul or Thu 23 Jul for a 3-day weekend.
25 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 · 3 days off
Federal · 0 AL needed
Christmas Day. Friday bridges the weekend.
10 Oct 2026 (Sat) · 1 day
Sarawak only · 0 AL needed
Sarawak Governor's Birthday. Standalone Saturday — bridge with 1 AL on Fri 9 Oct for a 3-day weekend.

Every Sarawak-specific public holiday in 2026

DateDayHoliday
03 Apr 2026FriGood Friday
01 Jun 2026MonHari Gawai Day 1
02 Jun 2026TueHari Gawai Day 2
03 Jun 2026WedWesak Day Replacement (Sarawak)
04 Jun 2026ThuHari Gawai Replacement Holiday
22 Jul 2026WedSarawak Day
10 Oct 2026SatSarawak Governor's Birthday

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

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

Sarawak's Hari Gawai stack (1-4 Jun) is the most generous state-specific long weekend of any Malaysian state — a full 4-day stretch for 0 AL. Combine it with the federal Wesak+Agong stack (30 May – 1 Jun, also 0 AL) and Sarawak employees get a 6-day mega-break from Sat 30 May to Thu 4 Jun with just 1 AL on Fri 5 Jun.

Sarawak Day (22 Jul) is a mid-week standalone, but with Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Mar), Good Friday (Apr), Hari Gawai (Jun), Merdeka Day (Aug), and Christmas Day (Dec) all falling on or adjacent to weekends, Sarawak employees can realistically take 4-5 separate 3+ day breaks in 2026 using just 4-5 AL days — the most efficient AL-to-days-off ratio in Malaysia.

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Other Malaysian states with extra public holidays

Sarawak has the most state holidays in Malaysia (7), but Sabah (6), Selangor, Johor, Perak, and Kedah each have 3-6 unique state-level gazetted holidays. Federal-only calendars miss all of these.