Public holidays in Colombia

There are 19 public holidays in Colombia (13 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays, celebrating Monday and Tuesday of Carnival. The city of Cartagena has a week of holiday, the week of November 11, celebrating The Independence of Cartagena.

Since 1983, 10 of the holidays are movable: when they do not fall on a Monday, these holidays are observed the following Monday

National holidays Original date Date in 2026English nameSpanish nameTypeNotesJanuary 1January 1New Year's DayAño NuevoCivicJanuary 6Movable holiday.January 12EpiphanyDía de los Reyes Magos CatholicMarch 19March 23Saint Joseph's DayDía de San JoséCatholicvariesApril 2Maundy ThursdayJueves SantoCatholicThursday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.variesApril 3Good FridayViernes SantoCatholicFriday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.May 1May 1International Workers' DayDía Internacional de los TrabajadoresCivicvariesMay 18Ascension DayAscensión del señor Catholic39 days after Easter SundayvariesJune 8Corpus Christi Corpus ChristiCatholic60 days after Easter SundayvariesJune 15Sacred HeartSagrado CorazónCatholic68 days after Easter SundayJune 29June 29Saint Peter and Saint PaulSan Pedro y San PabloCatholicJuly 9July 13Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of ChiquinquiráDía de la Virgen de ChiquinquiráCatholicJuly 20July 20Declaration of Independence of ColombiaDeclaración de la Independencia de ColombiaCivicAugust 7August 7Battle of BoyacáBatalla de BoyacáCivicAugust 15August 17Assumption DayLa Asunción de la Virgen MaríaCatholicOctober 12October 12Columbus DayDía de la Diversidad Étnica y CulturalCivicFormerly known as 'Día de la raza'November 1November 2All Saints’ Day Día de Todos los SantosCatholicNovember 11November 16Independence of CartagenaIndependencia de CartagenaCivicDecember 8December 8Immaculate ConceptionLa Inmaculada ConcepciónCatholicDecember 25December 25Christmas DayNavidadCatholic

Barranquilla holidays The following are considered holidays only in the city of Barranquilla: Monday of Carnival (48 days before Easter Sunday or 2 days before Ash Wednesday.) Tuesday of Carnival (47 days before Easter Sunday or the day before Ash Wednesday.)

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