Eid Fitr, or Feast of the End of the Fast (Eid al-Fitr), marks the end of the month of Ramadan and in 2026 it will be celebrated on 20 March, a holiday in the Autonomous City of Melilla.
Regional holiday
20 March 2026
86,780
Verified data
In 2026, Eid al-Fitr is recorded as a regional holiday on 20 March 2026. The calendars included in the dataset apply it in Melilla, covering 86,780 residents in the 2025 register.
This comparison uses only the official working calendars incorporated into the dataset for each year.
| Year | Main date | Where recorded | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 March 2025 | Melilla | 86,780 |
| 2026 | 20 March 2026 | Melilla | 86,780 |
Demographic profile
Age, citizenship, birthplace and average-age structure from the 2025 Annual Population Census.
49.7% / 50.3%
19.6%
67.7%
12.7%
13.9%
24.6%
37.7 years
Comparison with Spain. All five comparisons are population-weighted and use only the 2025 Annual Census. A positive sign means the covered population has a higher value than the benchmark.
| Demographic profile | Covered population | Compared with Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0–14 | 19.6% | +6.7 pp |
| Aged 65+ | 12.7% | -8 pp |
| Foreign citizenship | 13.9% | -0.2 pp |
| Born outside Spain | 24.6% | +5.3 pp |
| Weighted mean age | 37.7 years | -6.9 years |
The largest difference from Spain is in “Aged 65+”: -8 pp.
Sex comes from the 2025 municipal register; all other metrics come from the 2025 Annual Census. Each percentage uses the total from its own statistical operation. INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541.
Eid Fitr is one of the most important celebrations in Islam. It marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, and ushers in Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. The FundéuRAE recommends in Spanish the forms Eid al-Fitr or Festival of the End of the Fast, although in the Melilla calendar it appears as Eid Fitr.
As the Islamic calendar is lunar, the date varies each year with respect to the Gregorian calendar and can fall in March or April. It is a holiday in the Autonomous City of Melilla, where Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu traditions coexist; The 2026 working calendar also includes the Feast of Sacrifice (Aid Al Adha) on 27 May.
The day usually begins with a collective prayer — in Melilla, in the multifunctional square of San Lorenzo or, if the weather is not good, in the city's mosques — and continues with family visits, meals and sweets. Before the prayer, zakat al-fitr is practiced, a donation intended for people in need so that no one is left out of the celebration.
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Per-municipality data with its official source (regional gazette). Every date is verifiable on the municipality page. Data from festivos.io — CC BY 4.0.