2016 Malaysia Public Holidays
In additional to this list of public holidays you can find the 2016 Malaysia School Holiday calendar here. National and Penang Holidays are highlighted for your convenience.
| Date | Public Holiday | Applies to |
| 01 January | New Year’s Day | National except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terenganu |
| 14 January | Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan’s Birthday | Negeri Sembilan |
| 17 January | Sultan of Kedah’s birthday | Kedah |
| 24 January | Thaipusam | Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang, Selangor |
| 01 February | Federal Territory Day | KL, Labuan, Putrajaya |
| 08 February | Chinese New Year | National |
| 09 February | Chinese New Year 2nd day | National |
| 04 March | Installation Anniversary of Sultan of Terengganu | Terengganu |
| 23 March | Sultan of Johor’s birthday | Johor |
| 25 March | Good Friday | Sabah, Sarawak |
| 15 April | Declaration of Melaka as Historical City | Melaka |
| 26 April | Sultan of Terengganu’s birthday | Terengganu |
| 01 May | Worker’s Day | National |
| 05 May | Israk and Mukraj | Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis |
| 07 May | Sultan of Pahang Hol | Pahang |
| 17 May | Tuanku Raja of Perlis’ birthday | Perlis |
| 21 May | Wesak Day | National |
| 30 May | Kaamatan Harvest Festival | Labuan, Sabah |
| 31 May | Kaamatan Harvest Festival | Labuan, Sabah |
| 01 June | Gawai Dayak Festival | Sarawak |
| 02 June | Gawai Dayak Festival | Sarawak |
| 04 June | SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong’s birthday | National |
| 06 June | Ramadan Begins | Johor, Kedah, Melaka |
| 22 June | Hari Nuzul Al-Quran | Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor, Terengganu |
| 06 July | Hari Raya Puasa | National |
| 07 July | Hari Raya Puasa 2nd day | National |
| 07 July | Anniversary of declaraion of Penang as World Heritage Site | Penang |
| 09 July | Yang di-Pertua of Penang’s Birthday | Penang |
| 31 August | National Day or Independence Day | National |
| 12 September | Yang di-Pertua of Sarawak’s birthday | Sarawak |
| 12 September | Hari Raya Qurban | National |
| 13 September | Hari Raya Qurban 2nd day | Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu |
| 16 September | Malaysia Day | National |
| 01 October | Yang di-Pertua of Sabah’s birthday | Sabah |
| 02 October | Awal Muharram 1435 Hijrah (Islamic New Year) | National |
| 14 October | Yang di-Pertua of Melaka’s birthday | Melaka |
| 24 October | Sultan of Pahang’s birthday | Pahang |
| 29 October | Deepavali | National execpt Sarawak |
| 06 November | Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Iskandar | Johor |
| 11 November | Sultan of Kelantan’s birthday | Kelantan |
| 27 November | Sultan of Perak’s birthday | Perak |
| 11 December | Sultan of Selangor’s birthday | Selangor |
| 12 December | Mohammed’s birthday | National |
| 25 December | Christmas day | National |
Some dates are subject to change. Replacement public holidays are for when the actual holiday lands on a Sunday, the next weekday is given as a replacement holiday.
2016 Malaysia National School Holiday
The Ministry of Education released the 2016 Malaysia School Holiday Calendar. These should be pretty definitive, but please note that these dates can change. This list plus the public holidays calendar should help you in your travel planning. Also note that the International Schools in Penang or Kuala Lumpur do not follow the Malaysia School calendar. You will have to find the calendar on your school’s website.
Four states in the country, specifically Kedah, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu start all these holidays one day early and end one day early. These dates refer to when the rest of the states, like Penang, will have their school holidays.
