Public holidays in Peru, 2025
Peru observes 14 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 252 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Holy Thursday Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Domingo Santo |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | International Workers' Day Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 29 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Día de San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 28 Jul | Monday | Independence Day Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 29 Jul | Tuesday | Independence Day Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 30 Aug | Saturday Weekend | Santa Rosa de Lima Día de Santa Rosa de Lima |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 8 Oct | Wednesday | Battle of Angamos Combate de Angamos |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | All Saints Day Día de Todos los Santos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Dec | Monday | Immaculate Conception 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 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Peru. 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: Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Saint Peter and Saint Paul (29 Jun), Santa Rosa de Lima (30 Aug), All Saints Day (1 Nov). 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 January at 22 days; the shortest is November at 20. That spread of 2 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 62 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Peru's 14 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 75th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 3 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 and Easter Sunday. 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.