Chile Public Holidays 2026
Chile has 16 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2026. Four well placed days of leave buy 16 days away from work in 2026, because four holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayAño Nuevo | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayViernes Santo | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter SundayPascua | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayDÃa del Trabajador | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Navy DayDÃa de las Glorias Navales | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Indigenous People's DayDÃa de los Pueblos IndÃgenas | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Saints Peter and PaulSan Pedro y San Pablo | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Our Lady of Mount CarmelVirgen del Carmen | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| AssumptionAsunción | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| National holidayFiestas Patrias | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Army DayDÃa de las Glorias del Ejército | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Columbus DayEncuentro de Dos Mundos | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Reformation DayDÃa Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| All Saints' DayTodos los Santos | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Immaculate ConceptionLa inmaculada concepción | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayNavidad | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Chile calendar. No correction specific to Chile has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Chile.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
The busiest stretch is April (2 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. Six of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Use the table below to see each 2026 holiday in Chile, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across Chile.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Chile have in 2026?
Chile has 16 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Chile?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Chile in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Chile is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Chile?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Chile are listed separately on the Chile holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Chile holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Three of the 16 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (linked to easter and equinox or solstice), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Good Friday on 3 April 2026, Easter Sunday on 5 April 2026 and Indigenous People's Day on 21 June 2026.
How far ahead is the Chile calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Chile.
Which Chile holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Chile holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Chile with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Chile
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Chile public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Chile 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2026 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.