Public holidays in Colombia, 2025
Colombia observes 18 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 245 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Epiphany Día de los Reyes Magos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 24 Mar | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day Día de San José |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Primero de Mayo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Jun | Monday | Ascension Day Ascensión del señor |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 23 Jun | Monday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Mon, 30 Jun | Monday | Sacred Heart Sagrado Corazón |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 30 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Declaration of Independence Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 7 Aug | Thursday | Battle of Boyacá Batalla de Boyacá |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 18 Aug | Monday | Assumption of Mary La Asunción |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 13 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day Día de la Raza |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Nov | Monday | All Saints’ Day Dia de los Santos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Nov | Monday | Independence of Cartagena Independencia de Cartagena |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Dec | Monday | Immaculate Conception La Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Navidad |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 16 | 245 | 1,960 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Colombia. 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.
1 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore adds no time away from work: Declaration of Independence (20 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 July at 23 days; the shortest is November at 18. That spread of 5 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 Q2, carrying 59 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Colombia's 18 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 94th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 11 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 17 April 2025 to 20 April 2025, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. 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.