Public holidays in Panama, 2025
Panama observes 13 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 248 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 9 Jan | Thursday | Martyr's Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Mar | Monday | Carnival | Nationwide |
| Tue, 4 Mar | Tuesday | Carnival | Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Nov | Monday | Separation Day | Nationwide |
| Tue, 4 Nov | Tuesday | Flag Day | Nationwide |
| Wed, 5 Nov | Wednesday | Colon Day Colón Day |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 10 Nov | Monday | Shout in Villa de los Santos | Nationwide |
| Fri, 28 Nov | Friday | Independence Day | Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Dec | Monday | Mother's Day | Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day | 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 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 120 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Panama. 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 July at 23 days; the shortest is November at 15. That spread of 8 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 59 working days across October, November, December.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Panama's 13 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 65th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 1 November 2025 to 5 November 2025, built around Separation Day and Flag Day and Colon Day. 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.