Long weekends in Puerto Rico, 2026
In 2026, holidays give Puerto Rico12 runs of at least three consecutive days off, the longest lasting 4 days. Below they are listed in calendar order, followed by the bridge days that stretch a short break into a long one.
Every long weekend, in date order
| Starts | Ends | Days off | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Jan | Mon 12 Jan | 3 days | Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos |
| Sat 17 Jan | Mon 19 Jan | 3 days | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Sat 14 Feb | Mon 16 Feb | 3 days | Presidents' Day |
| Fri 3 Apr | Sun 5 Apr | 3 days | Good Friday |
| Sat 18 Apr | Mon 20 Apr | 3 days | Birthday of José de Diego |
| Sat 23 May | Mon 25 May | 3 days | Memorial Day |
| Fri 3 Jul | Sun 5 Jul | 3 days | Independence Day |
| Sat 18 Jul | Mon 20 Jul | 3 days | Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera |
| Sat 25 Jul | Mon 27 Jul | 3 days | Puerto Rico Constitution Day, Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa |
| Sat 5 Sep | Mon 7 Sep | 3 days | Labour Day |
| Sat 10 Oct | Mon 12 Oct | 3 days | Columbus Day |
| Thu 24 Dec | Sun 27 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day |
Bridge days
A bridge day is a lone working day sitting between a holiday and the weekend. Book that one day as leave and the time off joins up into four days or more. Offices tend to be quiet on these dates even though nobody is officially off.
| Date | Weekday | Next to |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 2026 | Friday | New Year's Day |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Monday | Three Kings Day / Epiphany |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | Presidents' Day |
| 20 Nov 2026 | Friday | Discovery of Puerto Rico |
| 27 Nov 2026 | Friday | Thanksgiving Day |
The cheapest leave of the year: spending 5days of annual leave on the bridges above gives you 5 breaks of at least four days. Expect colleagues to have the same idea, so request these early.
How we find them
Each day of 2026 is marked as a working day or a day off, using Puerto Rico's weekend pattern and its nationwide holidays. Consecutive days off are joined into runs; a run of three days or more that includes at least one holiday counts as a long weekend. A plain two-day weekend never qualifies.
Regional holidays are not part of this calculation. If your region has its own dates, you may get extra long weekends that do not appear in the national list.
Back to the Puerto Rico2026 holiday calendar or check working days between two dates.