Puerto Rico public holidays 2026
Puerto Rico has 21 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
Día de Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Three Kings Day / Epiphany
Día de Reyes |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jan | Monday | Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos
Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jan | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Natalicio de Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Presidents' Day
Día de los Presidentes |
Nationwide |
| 18 Feb | Wednesday | Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín
Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Marín |
Nationwide |
| 22 Mar | Sunday rest day | Emancipation Day
Día de la Abolición de Esclavitud |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Viernes Santo |
Nationwide |
| 20 Apr | Monday | Birthday of José de Diego
Natalicio de José de Diego |
Nationwide |
| 25 May | Monday | Memorial Day
Recordación de los Muertos de la Guerra |
Nationwide |
| 3 Jul | Friday | Independence Day
Día de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jul | Monday | Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera
Natalicio de Don Luis Muñoz Rivera |
Nationwide |
| 25 Jul | Saturday rest day | Puerto Rico Constitution Day
Constitución de Puerto Rico |
Nationwide |
| 27 Jul | Monday | Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa
Natalicio de Dr. José Celso Barbosa |
Nationwide |
| 7 Sep | Monday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajo |
Nationwide |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day
Día de la Raza / Descubrimiento de América |
Nationwide |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Veterans Day
Día del Veterano / Día del Armisticio |
Nationwide |
| 19 Nov | Thursday | Discovery of Puerto Rico
Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico |
Nationwide |
| 26 Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day
Día de Acción de Gracias |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Noche Buena |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 4 holidays
February 2 holidays
March 1 holiday
April 2 holidays
May 1 holiday
June
July 4 holidays
August
September 1 holiday
October 1 holiday
November 3 holidays
December 2 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 19 | 242 | 1,936 |
What the numbers say about Puerto Rico in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Puerto Rico. 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.
2 holidays land on a rest day this year: Emancipation Day (22 Mar), Puerto Rico Constitution Day (25 Jul). 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 November the shortest with 18. 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 58 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 21, Puerto Rico sits above the middle of the range, around the 98th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 12 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 24 December to 27 December (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day). 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.