Public Holidays

Discover upcoming public holiday dates for Colombia and start planning to make the most of your time off.

The Republic of Colombia currently celebrates 18 national holidays each year. Many of the holidays celebrated in Colombia are religious holidays. These holidays may change in date each year because their celebrations are calculated on the lunar cycle.

2026 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Thu	New Year's Day
12 Jan	Mon	Epiphany Holiday
23 Mar	Mon	St Joseph's Day
2 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
1 May	Fri	Labour Day
18 May	Mon	Ascension Day Holiday
8 Jun	Mon	Corpus Christi Holiday
15 Jun	Mon	Sacred Heart Day
29 Jun	Mon	Feast of St Peter and St Paul
20 Jul	Mon	Independence Day
7 Aug	Fri	Battle of Boyacá Day
17 Aug	Mon	Assumption Day Holiday
12 Oct	Mon	Columbus Day Holiday
2 Nov	Mon	All Saints' Day Holiday
16 Nov	Mon	Independence of Cartagena Holiday
8 Dec	Tue	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2026 are released.

2027 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Fri	New Year's Day
11 Jan	Mon	Epiphany Holiday
22 Mar	Mon	St Joseph's Day
25 Mar	Thu	Maundy Thursday
26 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
1 May	Sat	Labour Day
10 May	Mon	Ascension Day Holiday
31 May	Mon	Corpus Christi Holiday
7 Jun	Mon	Sacred Heart Day
5 Jul	Mon	Feast of St Peter and St Paul
20 Jul	Tue	Independence Day
7 Aug	Sat	Battle of Boyacá Day
16 Aug	Mon	Assumption Day Holiday
18 Oct	Mon	Columbus Day Holiday
1 Nov	Mon	All Saints' Day Holiday
15 Nov	Mon	Independence of Cartagena Holiday
8 Dec	Wed	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Sat	Christmas Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2027 are released.

2028 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Sat	New Year's Day
10 Jan	Mon	Epiphany Holiday
20 Mar	Mon	St Joseph's Day
13 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
14 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
1 May	Mon	Labour Day
29 May	Mon	Ascension Day Holiday
19 Jun	Mon	Corpus Christi Holiday
26 Jun	Mon	Sacred Heart Day
3 Jul	Mon	Feast of St Peter and St Paul
20 Jul	Thu	Independence Day
7 Aug	Mon	Battle of Boyacá Day
21 Aug	Mon	Assumption Day Holiday
16 Oct	Mon	Columbus Day Holiday
6 Nov	Mon	All Saints' Day Holiday
13 Nov	Mon	Independence of Cartagena Holiday
8 Dec	Fri	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2028 are released.

There are many laws governing national holidays in Colombia. Most holidays are established as part of a national decree and then honoured from that point forward. Emiliani’s Law (Enacted December 6, 1983 as Law 51) requires that most holidays are moved to the following Monday so that work weeks are not interrupted. However, holiday dates associated with Easter, Independence Day, the Immaculate Conception and Christmas are never changed.

Labour laws in Colombia require that all employers provide employees a day off from work for all national holidays. These laws do not state whether or not it is mandatory for employees to be paid for national holidays. In many cases, however, employment contracts provide employees with payment for days off that occur due to a national holiday.

It should be noted that almost everyone takes the entire week off from work during Easter week. While only four of two of these days are considered national holidays and two are on the weekend, it has become traditional for businesses to close for the entire week.