Current Date And Time In Kidal, Mali
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
11:53:20 GMT
Capital: Kidal
Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Timezone: UTC +00:00 (GMT)
Population: 95,000
Area: 151,450.00 km²
State Code: 8
Get up-to-date public holiday dates for Kidal, Mali. Track official statutory days off, bank closures, and upcoming holiday schedules across Kidal.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Kidal align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Kidal, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Fête de l'Indépendance on September 22) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Mali's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Mali's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Kidal and the rest of Mali, not a separate Kidal-specific calendar.
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These are Mali's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Mali's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Mali, including Kidal. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête de l'Indépendance | September 22 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | gouvernement.ml |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Fête de l'Indépendance | Tue, Sep 22, 2026 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Kidal close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Mali are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Kidal, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Kidal's own capital, Kidal observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Kidal.