Public holidays in Bolivia, 2026
Bolivia observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Feb | Monday | Feast of the Virgin of Candelaria Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival Feriado por Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Feriado por Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Dia del trabajo |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 4 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Sun, 21 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Andean New Year Año Nuevo Andino |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Aug | Sunday Weekend | Agrarian Reform Day Día de la Revolución Agraria |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 6 Aug | Thursday | Independence Day Dia de la Patria |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Nov | Monday | All Saints' Day Todos Santos |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Navidad |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 136 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Bolivia. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
2 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Andean New Year (21 Jun), Agrarian Reform Day (2 Aug). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is February at 17. That spread of 6 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 60 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 253 working days, 2026 is 2 working days shorter. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Bolivia's 12 nationwide holidays put it exactly at the median of 12, around the 53rd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 14 February 2026 to 17 February 2026, built around Carnival. A further 3 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
4 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Carnival, Carnival, Good Friday, Corpus Christi. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.