
Find official public holiday dates and bank operating schedules for Sohar. Stay informed on statutory non-working days for businesses, logistics, and offices in Sohar.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Sohar align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Oman National Day on November 18) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Sohar.
This is Oman's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Oman's country-level and Al Batinah North holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Sohar as anywhere else in Oman.
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These are Oman's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Oman's country and Al Batinah North holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Sohar just as everywhere else in Oman.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman National Day | November 18 | National Holiday | Full Official Closure | www.oman.om |
Businesses in Sohar generally follow the same statutory closure pattern as the rest of Oman: banks and government offices close fully, while retail and hospitality tend to trim hours rather than close for the day.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Sohar doesn't simply get skipped — Oman's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 108,274 and running on the Asia/Muscat time zone, Sohar follows Oman's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.