Public holidays in Uruguay, 2025
Uruguay observes 15 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 250 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 | Children's Day Día de los Niños |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Mar | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 4 Mar | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Semana de Turismo |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Semana de Turismo |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 19 Apr | Saturday Weekend | Landing of the 33 Patriots Day Desembarco de los 33 Orientales |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | International Workers' Day Día de los Trabajadores |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 18 May | Sunday Weekend | Battle of Las Piedras Batalla de las Piedras |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 19 Jun | Thursday | Birthday of José Gervasio Artigas and Never Again Day Natalicio de Artigas y Día del Nunca Más |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Jul | Friday | Constitution Day Jura de la Constitución |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Aug | Monday | Independence Day Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 12 Oct | Sunday Weekend | Day of the race Día de la Raza |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Deceased ones day Día de los Difuntos |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Día de la Familia |
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 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Uruguay. 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: Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (19 Apr), Battle of Las Piedras (18 May), Day of the race (12 Oct), Deceased ones day (2 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 October at 23 days; the shortest is March at 19. That spread of 4 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 60 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Uruguay's 15 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 82nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 5 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 1 March 2025 to 4 March 2025, built around Carnival. 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.