Panama public holidays 2026
Panama has 14 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 248 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 9 Jan | Friday | Martyrs' Day
Día de los Mártires |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival Monday
Lunes de Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday
Martes de Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Nov | Tuesday | Separation Day
Separación de Panamá de Colombia |
Nationwide |
| 4 Nov | Wednesday | Flag Day
Día de los Símbolos Patrios |
Nationwide |
| 5 Nov | Thursday | Consolidation of the Separation Day
Consolidación de la Separación de Panamá de Colombia |
Nationwide |
| 10 Nov | Tuesday | Shout in Villa de los Santos
Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos |
Nationwide |
| 28 Nov | Saturday rest day | Independence Day
Independencia de Panamá de España |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Mother's Day
Día de las Madres |
Nationwide |
| 21 Dec | Monday | National Day of Mourning
Día de Duelo Nacional |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 2 holidays
March
April 1 holiday
May 1 holiday
June
July
August
September
October
November 5 holidays
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| 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 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 136 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
What the numbers say about Panama in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Panama. 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: Independence Day (28 Nov). 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 23 days, and November the shortest with 17. A gap of 6 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q4 is the leanest at 59 working days (October, November, December).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 14, Panama sits above the middle of the range, around the 74th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 7 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 14 February to 17 February (Carnival Monday, Carnival Tuesday). There are also 5 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.