The Festival of Sacrifice-Eid al-Adha is the name of the Melilla calendar for the Eid al-Adha or Festival of Sacrifice; in 2026 it falls on 27 May.
Regional holiday
27 May 2026
86,780
Verified data
In 2026, Eid al-Adha is recorded as a regional holiday on 27 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 May 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.
This is the same Islamic celebration described as Eid al-Adha / Feast of Sacrifice: it commemorates Ibrahim's (Abraham) willingness to obey God and is governed by the Islamic lunar calendar, so the Gregorian date changes each year.
In the working calendar of the Autonomous City of Melilla it appears with this specific name. Ceuta records the same day with a variant name (Sacrifice Festival-Eid al-Adha).
The record does not add rituals or traditions beyond the calendar fact verified in the official sources of Melilla.
Other holidays
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.