Argentina public holidays 2027
Argentina has 16 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 249 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 8 Feb | Monday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 9 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 24 Mar | Wednesday | Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Friday | Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Malvinas War
Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | Labour Day
Día del Trabajador |
Nationwide |
| 25 May | Tuesday | May Revolution
Día de la Revolución de Mayo |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jun | Sunday rest day | General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Manuel Belgrano |
Nationwide |
| 21 Jun | Monday | Anniversary of the Passing of General Martín Miguel de Güemes
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Martín Miguel de Güemes |
Nationwide |
| 9 Jul | Friday | Independence Day
Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 16 Aug | Monday | General José de San Martín Memorial Day
Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San Martín |
Nationwide |
| 11 Oct | Monday | Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity
Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural |
Nationwide |
| 20 Nov | Saturday rest day | National Sovereignty Day
Día de la Soberanía Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Wednesday | Immaculate Conception Day
Día de la Inmaculada Concepción de María |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 2 holidays
March 2 holidays
April 1 holiday
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 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
What the numbers say about Argentina in 2027
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.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: Labour Day (1 May), General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day (20 Jun), National Sovereignty Day (20 Nov), Christmas Day (25 Dec). 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.
September 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 59 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 246working days, so 2027gives you 3 more working days.Plans copied over from last year without adjusting for that difference will be slightly off from January onwards.
Among the 204 countries we track for 2027, 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 8 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 6 February to 9 February (Carnival). There are also 2 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 2027.
7 holidays change date compared with 2026: Carnival, Carnival, Good Friday, Anniversary of the Passing of General Martín Miguel de Güemes, General José de San Martín Memorial Day, Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity and more. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.