Eid Al Adha falls in April in two of the five years from 2026 to 2030, preceded by Arafah Day and followed by two further days off — four consecutive holidays, the longest block on the UAE calendar. In the other three years the same block sits in May. Nothing else in April is a public holiday in any year of this decade.
The 30 days of April 2030 carry no holiday fixed to a date. Where Eid Al Adha falls inside the month, four consecutive days come out of the count — and where any of them meet the weekend they are absorbed by it, since UAE law provides no substitute day for a holiday that lands on a rest day.
The move from April into May takes the country into the part of the calendar that is planned around rather than enjoyed. April 2030 hands over the last tolerable evenings to a month in which the sea passes 30°C and the cooling load on the national grid begins setting its annual records.