Public holidays in Colombia explained
Colombia has 18 holidays (12 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 following are public holidays in Colombia:
- Año Nuevo / (New Year's Day) (January 1: blue laws, which prohibit working on that day, apply)
- Día de los Reyes Magos / (Epiphany) (January 6)
- Día de San José / (Saint Joseph's Day) (March 19)
- Jueves Santo / (Maundy Thursday) (Thursday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April)
- Viernes Santo (Good Friday) (Friday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April)
- Primero de Mayo / (Labour Day) (May 1: blue laws apply)
- Ascensión del señor / (Ascension Day) (39 days after Easter Sunday[1])
- Corpus Christi (60 days after Easter Sunday)
- Sagrado Corazón /(Sacred Heart) (68 days after Easter Sunday)
- San Pedro y San Pablo / Saint Peter and Saint Paul) (June 29)
- Declaración de la Independencia de Colombia / Declaration of Independence (July 20: blue laws apply)
- Battle of Boyaca (August 7)
- La Asunción / (Assumption Day) (August 15)
- Día de la Raza / (Columbus Day) (October 12)
- Día de los Santos / All Saints’ Day (November 1)
- Independencia de Cartagena / Independence of Cartagena (November 11)
- La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception) (December 8)
- Navidad (Christmas Day) (December 25: blue laws apply)
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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Notes and References
- Movable holiday: when they do not fall on a Monday, these holidays are observed the following Monday.
