Colombia public holidays 2026
Colombia has 19 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 242 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jan | Monday | Epiphany
Día de los Reyes Magos |
Nationwide |
| 23 Mar | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day
Día de San José |
Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Primero de Mayo |
Nationwide |
| 18 May | Monday | Ascension Day
Ascensión del señor |
Nationwide |
| 8 Jun | Monday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| 15 Jun | Monday | Sacred Heart
Sagrado Corazón |
Nationwide |
| 29 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul
San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| 13 Jul | Monday | Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Day
Día de la Virgen de Chiquinquirá |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jul | Monday | Declaration of Independence
Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia |
Nationwide |
| 7 Aug | Friday | Battle of Boyacá
Batalla de Boyacá |
Nationwide |
| 17 Aug | Monday | Assumption of Mary
La Asunción |
Nationwide |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day
Día de la Raza |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | All Saints’ Day
Dia de los Santos |
Nationwide |
| 16 Nov | Monday | Independence of Cartagena
Independencia de Cartagena |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception
La Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 1 holiday
April 2 holidays
May 2 holidays
June 3 holidays
July 2 holidays
August 2 holidays
September
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December 2 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 19 | 242 | 1,936 |
What the numbers say about Colombia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Colombia. 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.
September is the longest working month with 22 days, and November the shortest with 19. A gap of 3 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 58 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 19, Colombia sits above the middle of the range, around the 95th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 16 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 2 April to 5 April (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday). 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 2026.