Mexico public holidays 2026
Mexico has 9 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 252 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 2 Feb | Monday | Constitution Day
Día de la Constitución |
Nationwide |
| 16 Mar | Monday | Benito Juárez's birthday
Natalicio de Benito Juárez |
Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| 16 Sep | Wednesday | Independence Day
Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 16 Nov | Monday | Revolution Day
Día de la Revolución |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February 1 holiday
March 1 holiday
April 2 holidays
May 1 holiday
June
July
August
September 1 holiday
October
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 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
What the numbers say about Mexico in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Mexico. 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 19. 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 61 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 9, Mexico sits below the middle of the range, around the 17th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 6 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 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.