Public holidays in Chile, 2028
Chile observes 16 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 248 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 14 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 15 Apr | Saturday Weekend | Holy Saturday Sábado Santo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | Labour Day Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 21 May | Sunday Weekend | Navy Day Día de las Glorias Navales |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 7 Jun | Wednesday | Battle of Arica Asalto y Toma del Morro de Arica |
CL-AP |
| Tue, 20 Jun | Tuesday | National Day of Indigenous Peoples Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 26 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Virgen del Carmen |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Aug | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary Asunción de la Virgen |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 18 Sep | Monday | National holiday Fiestas Patrias |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 19 Sep | Tuesday | Army Day Día de las Glorias del Ejército |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 9 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 27 Oct | Friday | Reformation Day Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Nov | Wednesday | All Saints Day Día de Todos los Santos |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 8 Dec | Friday | Immaculate Conception Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day Navidad / Natividad del Señor |
Nationwide |
1 further date is observed in some regions only and is not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 12 | 248 | 1,984 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Chile. 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.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), Holy Saturday (15 Apr), Navy Day (21 May), Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 Jul). 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 March at 23 days; the shortest is December at 19. That spread of 4 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 Q4, carrying 60 working days across October, November, December.
Compared with 2027, which held 252 working days, 2028 is 4 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 2028, Chile's 16 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 88th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.
The holidays produce 8 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 16 September 2028 to 19 September 2028, built around National holiday and Army Day. A further 2 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.
6 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, National Day of Indigenous Peoples, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Columbus Day, Reformation Day. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.