Public holidays in Dominican Republic, 2026
Dominican Republic observes 13 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 249 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Día de Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Day of Kings Día de Reyes |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 21 Jan | Wednesday | Our Lady of Altagracia Día de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 26 Jan | Monday | Duarte's Birthday Día del Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 27 Feb | Friday | Independence Day Día de la Independencia de la República Dominicana |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Día del Trabajador |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 28 May | Thursday | Mother's Day Día de las Madres |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 4 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Aug | Sunday Weekend | Restoration Day Día de la Restauración Dominicana |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Sep | Thursday | Our Lady of Mercy Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 6 Nov | Friday | Constitution Day Día de la Constitución |
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 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Dominican Republic. 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: Restoration Day (16 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 January 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 Q1, carrying 59 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 250 working days, 2026 is 1 working day 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, Dominican Republic's 13 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 64th 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 3 days, from 24 January 2026 to 26 January 2026, built around Duarte's Birthday. A further 5 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.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: 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.