Uruguay public holidays 2026
Uruguay has 15 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 |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Children's Day
Día de los Niños |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 2 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday
Semana de Turismo |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Semana de Turismo |
Nationwide |
| 19 Apr | Sunday rest day | Landing of the 33 Patriots Day
Desembarco de los 33 Orientales |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day
Día de los Trabajadores |
Nationwide |
| 18 May | Monday | Battle of Las Piedras
Batalla de las Piedras |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jun | Friday | Birthday of José Gervasio Artigas and Never Again Day
Natalicio de Artigas y Día del Nunca Más |
Nationwide |
| 18 Jul | Saturday rest day | Constitution Day
Jura de la Constitución |
Nationwide |
| 25 Aug | Tuesday | Independence Day
Día de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Day of the race
Día de la Raza |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | Deceased ones day
Día de los Difuntos |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Día de la Familia |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 2 holidays
March
April 3 holidays
May 2 holidays
June 1 holiday
July 1 holiday
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 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| 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 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
What the numbers say about Uruguay in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Uruguay. 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: Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (19 Apr), Constitution Day (18 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.
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 60 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 15, Uruguay sits above the middle of the range, around the 82nd 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 are also 3 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.