Peru public holidays 2026
Peru has 17 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 |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Jueves Santo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Domingo Santo |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jun | Sunday rest day | Battle of Arica and Flag Day
Batalla de Arica y Día de la Bandera |
Nationwide |
| 29 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Día de San Pedro y San Pablo |
Nationwide |
| 23 Jul | Thursday | Air Force Day
Día de la Fuerza Aérea |
Nationwide |
| 28 Jul | Tuesday | Independence Day
Fiestas Patrias |
Nationwide |
| 29 Jul | Wednesday | Independence Day
Fiestas Patrias |
Nationwide |
| 6 Aug | Thursday | Battle of Junin
Batalla de Junin |
Nationwide |
| 30 Aug | Sunday rest day | Santa Rosa de Lima | Nationwide |
| 8 Oct | Thursday | Battle of Angamos
Combate de Angamos |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints Day
Día de Todos los Santos |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception
Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| 9 Dec | Wednesday | Battle of Ayacucho
Batalla de Ayacucho |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February
March
April 3 holidays
May 1 holiday
June 2 holidays
July 3 holidays
August 2 holidays
September
October 1 holiday
November 1 holiday
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
What the numbers say about Peru in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Peru. 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: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Battle of Arica and Flag Day (7 Jun), Santa Rosa de Lima (30 Aug), All Saints Day (1 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.
March is the longest working month with 22 days, and December the shortest with 20. A gap of 2 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 61 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 17, Peru sits above the middle of the range, around the 91st percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 4 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, Easter Sunday). There are also 6 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.