Ecuador public holidays 2026
Ecuador has 11 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 251 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 |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day
Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| 25 May | Monday | The Battle of Pichincha
Batalla de Pichincha |
Nationwide |
| 10 Aug | Monday | Declaration of Independence of Quito
Primer Grito de Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 9 Oct | Friday | Independence of Guayaquil
Independencia de Guayaquil |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | All Souls' Day
Día de los Difuntos, Día de Muertos |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | Independence of Cuenca
Independencia de Cuenca |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Día de Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 2 holidays
March
April 1 holiday
May 2 holidays
June
July
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
November 1 holiday
December 1 holiday
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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 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 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
What the numbers say about Ecuador in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Ecuador. 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.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and February the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 61 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 11, Ecuador sits below the middle of the range, around the 37th 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 14 February to 17 February (Carnival). There is also one bridge day: 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.