To help you plan your holidays in the new year, here is a summary of the public and school holidays in Malaysia for 2023!

Updated @ 2023-06-27 : Added extra public holiday for Hari Raya Haji 2023.
Updated @ 2023-04-20 : Added extra public holiday for Hari Raya 2023.
Updated @ 2023-04-11 : Added extra school holiday for Hari Raya 2023.
Updated @ 2023-04-07 : Added extra school holidays for 2023 / 2024 school term.
Originally posted @ 2023-01-02

 

2023 Public Holidays For Malaysia

Here are the public holidays for Malaysia in the year 2023. Some of these days may be subject to change.

Date	Day	Holiday	States
1 Jan	Sun	New Year’s Day	All states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu
2 Jan	Mon		All states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu
14 Jan	Sat	YDPB Negeri Sembilan’s Birthday	Negeri Sembilan
22 Jan 23 Jan	Sun Mon	Chinese New Year	All states
24 Jan	Tue		All states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu
1 Feb	Wed	Federal Territory Day	Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya
5 Feb	Sun	Thaipusam	Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Perak, Putrajaya and Selangor
6 Feb	Mon		Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Putrajaya and Selangor
18 Feb	Sat	Israk and Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis and Terengganu
19 Feb	Sun		Terengganu
4 Mar 5 Mar	Sat Sun	Accession Anniversary of Terengganu Sultan	Terengganu
23 Mar	Thu	Awal Ramadan	Johor, Kedah and Melaka
		Johor Sultan’s Birthday	Johor
7 Apr	Fri	Good Friday	Sabah and Sarawak
8 Apr	Sat	Nuzul al-Quran	All states except Johor, Kedah, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Sabah and Sarawak
9 Apr	Sun		Kelantan and Terengganu
15 Apr	Sat	Declaration of Melaka as a Historical City	Melaka
21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr	Fri Sat Sun	Hari Raya Aidilfitri	All states
24 Apr	Mon		All states except Johor + Kedah
26 Apr	Wed	Sultan of Terengganu’s Birthday	Terengganu
1 May	Mon	Labour Day	All states
4 May	Thu	Wesak Day	All states
17 May	Wed	Raja of Perlis’ Birthday	Perlis
22 May	Mon	Hari Hol Pahang	Pahang
30 May 31 May	Tue Wed	Harvest Festival	Labuan and Sabah
1 Jun 2 Jun	Thu Fri	Hari Gawai	Sarawak
5 Jun	Mon	YDP Agong’s Birthday	All states
18 Jun	Sun	Sultan of Kedah’s Birthday	Kedah
28 Jun	Wed	Arafat Day	Kedah and Terengganu
29 Jun	Thu	Hari Raya Haji	All states
30 Jun	Fri		Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu + Selangor
7 Jul	Fri	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang
8 Jul	Sat	Penang Governor’s Birthday
19 Jul	Wed	Awal Muharram	All states
22 Jul	Sat	Sarawak Day	Sarawak
30 Jul 31 Jul	Sun Mon	Sultan of Pahang’s Birthday	Pahang
23 Aug	Wed	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Iskandar	Johor
24 Aug	Thu	Melaka Governor’s Birthday	Melaka
31 Aug	Thu	Merdeka Day	All states
16 Sep	Sat	Malaysia Day	All states
17 Sep	Sun		Kelantan and Terengganu
28 Sep	Thu	Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday	All states
7 Oct	Sat	Sabah Governor’s Birthday	Sabah
14 Oct	Sat	Sarawak Governor’s Birthday	Sarawak
3 Nov	Fri	Sultan of Perak’s Birthday	Perak
11 Nov	Sat	Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday	Kelantan
12 Nov 13 Nov	Sun Mon	Sultan of Kelantan’s Birthday	Kelantan
12 Nov	Sun	Deepavali	All states except Sarawak
13 Nov	Mon		All states except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Sarawak and Terengganu
11 Dec	Mon	Sultan of Selangor’s Birthday	Selangor
24 Dec	Sun	Christmas Eve	Sabah
25 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day	All states
26 Dec	Tue	Christmas Holiday	Sabah

 

2023 School Holidays For Malaysia

The COVID-19 pandemic has thoroughly screwed up the school term and holidays. Instead of starting in January and ending in December, the new term now starts in March and every year will have two “academic years”.

This is quite confusing for many of us parents, so here is a quick summary of the school holidays for the year 2023.

Read more : 2023 / 2024 Malaysia School Term + Holiday Calendar!

Group A Schools

Here are the school holidays for Group A states of Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.

Holiday	Start	End	Days
2022 Year End Holiday	17 Feb	18 Mar	30
2023 Mid-Term 1 Holiday	21 Apr	29 Apr	9
2023 End-Term 1 Holiday	26 May	3 Jun	9
2023 Term 2 Holiday	25 Aug	2 Sep	9
2023 Term 3 Holiday	15 Dec	1 Jan	18

In addition, the government also announced these extra holidays for Group A schools:

Festival Holidays	Group A	Notes
Chinese New Year	Sunday to Tuesday, 22 to 24 January 2023	1 extra day
Hari Raya Aidilfitri	Wednesday, 19 April 2023 Thursday, 20 April 2023	2 extra days
Hari Raya Qurban	Wednesday, 28 June 2023	1 extra day
Hari Deepavali	Sunday, 12 November 2023 Monday, 13 November 2023	Public Holiday 1 extra day

Group B Schools

Here are the school holidays for Group A states of Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.

Holiday	Start	End	Days
2022 Year End Holiday	18 Feb	19 Mar	30
2023 Mid-Term 1 Holiday	22 Apr	30 Apr	9
2023 End-Term 1 Holiday	27 May	4 Jun	9
2023 Term 2 Holiday	26 Aug	3 Sep	9
2023 Term 3 Holiday	16 Dec	1 Jan	17

In addition, the government also announced these extra holidays for Group B schools:

Festival Holidays	Group B	Notes
Chinese New Year	Friday to Tuesday, 20 to 24 January 2023	1 extra day
Hari Raya Aidilfitri	Wednesday, 19 April 2023 Thursday, 20 April 2023 Friday, 21 April 2023	3 extra days
Pesta Kaamatan	Only for Sabah + Labuan Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Wednesday, 31 May 2023	2 extra days
Hari Gawai Dayak	Only for Sarawak Thursday, 1 June 2023 Friday, 2 June 2023	2 extra days
Hari Raya Qurban	Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Thursday, 29 June 2023	2 extra days
Hari Deepavali	Except Sarawak Monday, 13 November 2023 Tuesday, 14 November 2023	Replacement 1 extra day
	Only for Sarawak Monday, 13 November 2023	1 extra day
Chinese New Year	Friday, 9 February 2024 Saturday, 10 February 2024 Sunday, 11 February 2024 Monday, 12 February 2024	1 extra day Public holiday Public holiday Replacement

 

 

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