Argentina public holidays 2026
Argentina has 16 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 246 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 24 Mar | Tuesday | Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia |
Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Malvinas War
Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajador |
Nationwide |
| 25 May | Monday | May Revolution
Día de la Revolución de Mayo |
Nationwide |
| 15 Jun | Monday | Anniversary of the Passing of General Martín Miguel de Güemes
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Martín Miguel de Güemes |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jun | Saturday rest day | General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Manuel Belgrano |
Nationwide |
| 9 Jul | Thursday | Independence Day
Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 17 Aug | Monday | General José de San Martín Memorial Day
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San Martín |
Nationwide |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity
Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural |
Nationwide |
| 23 Nov | Monday | National Sovereignty Day
Día de la Soberanía Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception Day
Día de la Inmaculada Concepción de María |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 2 holidays
March 1 holiday
April 2 holidays
May 2 holidays
June 2 holidays
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
November 1 holiday
December 2 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 15 | 246 | 1,968 |
What the numbers say about Argentina in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Argentina. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
1 holiday lands on a rest day this year: General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day (20 Jun). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 22 days, and February the shortest with 18. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 60 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 16, Argentina sits above the middle of the range, around the 87th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 9 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 14 February to 17 February (Carnival). There are also 4 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.