Colombia public holidays 2026

The year's first holiday is New Year's Day on Thursday 1 January; the last is Christmas Day on Friday 25 December. Today's status and a countdown to the next holiday are on the Colombia holidays page. Other years: 2027.

Long weekends in 2026

• 3 days: Saturday 10 January – Monday 12 January (Epiphany)
• 3 days: Saturday 21 March – Monday 23 March (Saint Joseph's Day)
• 4 days: Thursday 2 April – Sunday 5 April (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday)
• 3 days: Friday 1 May – Sunday 3 May (Labor Day)
• 3 days: Saturday 16 May – Monday 18 May (Ascension Day)
• 3 days: Saturday 6 June – Monday 8 June (Corpus Christi)
• 3 days: Saturday 13 June – Monday 15 June (Sacred Heart)
• 3 days: Saturday 27 June – Monday 29 June (Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Day)
• 3 days: Saturday 11 July – Monday 13 July (Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá)
• 3 days: Saturday 18 July – Monday 20 July (Independence Day)
• 3 days: Friday 7 August – Sunday 9 August (Battle of Boyacá)
• 3 days: Saturday 15 August – Monday 17 August (Assumption Day)
• 3 days: Saturday 10 October – Monday 12 October (Day of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity)
• 3 days: Saturday 31 October – Monday 2 November (All Saints' Day)
• 3 days: Saturday 14 November – Monday 16 November (Independence of Cartagena)
• 3 days: Friday 25 December – Sunday 27 December (Christmas Day)

Bridge days

Taking one working day off turns these into longer breaks:

• Take Friday 2 January off → 4 days, Thursday 1 January – Sunday 4 January (New Year's Day)
• Take Monday 7 December off → 4 days, Saturday 5 December – Tuesday 8 December (Immaculate Conception)

Counted with Saturday and Sunday as the weekend and only the national holidays listed here; regional holidays can make more breaks.

Sources

• Función Pública — Law 51 of 1983 (Emiliani law) — official list to confirm dates (checked 2026-10-10)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-10)

For reference only — governments can add, move or cancel holidays at short notice. Confirm with the official source: Función Pública — Law 51 of 1983 (Emiliani law). Data: the open-source holidays library (MIT), spot-checked against official 2026 calendars.