Current Date And Time In Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
17:56:07 ALMT
Capital: Shymkent
Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)
Timezone: UTC +06:00 (ALMT)
Population: 1,152,000
Area: 1,170.00 km²
State Code: 79
Planning business schedules or travel in Shymkent, Kazakhstan? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Shymkent, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Public administration, schools, and financial institutions in Shymkent observe these official holiday dates to mark statutory national and regional occasions. In Shymkent, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Republic Day (Respublika Kuni) on October 25) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Kazakhstan's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Kazakhstan's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Shymkent and the rest of Kazakhstan, not a separate Shymkent-specific calendar.
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These are Kazakhstan's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Kazakhstan's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Kazakhstan, including Shymkent. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Day (Respublika Kuni) | October 25 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | primeminister.kz |
| Independence Day (Tawelsizdik Kuni) | December 16 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | primeminister.kz |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Shymkent close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Kazakhstan are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
If a statutory holiday lands on a Saturday or Sunday in Shymkent, the following Monday is commonly declared a substitute non-working day by official gazette — check the live calendar above for the specific year-by-year date.
As Shymkent's own capital, Shymkent observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Shymkent.