Public holidays in Colombia, 2026
Colombia observes 19 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 242 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 12 Jan | Monday | Epiphany Día de los Reyes Magos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 23 Mar | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day Día de San José |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Primero de Mayo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 18 May | Monday | Ascension Day Ascensión del señor |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Jun | Monday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Mon, 15 Jun | Monday | Sacred Heart Sagrado Corazón |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 29 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 13 Jul | Monday | Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Day Día de la Virgen de Chiquinquirá |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 20 Jul | Monday | Declaration of Independence Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 7 Aug | Friday | Battle of Boyacá Batalla de Boyacá |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Aug | Monday | Assumption of Mary La Asunción |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 12 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day Día de la Raza |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Nov | Monday | All Saints’ Day Dia de los Santos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 16 Nov | Monday | Independence of Cartagena Independencia de Cartagena |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception La Inmaculada Concepción |
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 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 19 | 242 | 1,936 |
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.
The longest working month is September at 22 days; the shortest is November at 19. That spread of 3 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 58 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2025, which held 245 working days, 2026 is 3 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, Colombia's 19 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 95th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 16 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 2 April 2026 to 5 April 2026, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. 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.
12 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Epiphany, Saint Joseph's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.