Colombia Public Holidays 2025
Colombia has 18 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2025. Three well placed days of leave buy 12 days away from work in 2025, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see Colombia in 2026 or Colombia in 2027.
Looking back: Colombia observed 18 national public holidays in 2025, one fewer than in 2026. One fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against zero in 2026. The calendar produced 11 long weekends that year, against 16 in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayAño Nuevo | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| EpiphanyDÃa de los Reyes Magos | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Saint JosephSan José | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Maundy ThursdayJueves Santo | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayViernes Santo | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayDÃa del Trabajador | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayLa Asunción | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Corpus Christi | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Sacred HeartSagrado Corazón de Jesús | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Saints Peter and PaulSan Pedro y San Pablo | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Independence DayDÃa de la Independencia | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Battle of BoyacáBatalla de Boyacá | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| AssumptionAsunción | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Columbus DayDÃa de la Raza | Monday | Public holiday | |
| All Saints' DayTodos los Santos | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Independence of CartagenaIndependencia de Cartagena | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Immaculate ConceptionLa inmaculada concepción | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayNavidad | Thursday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a Colombia entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with 1 correction applied to Colombia. See what we changed.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 June (4 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. One of them falls on a weekend in 2025, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. Below you will find the full 2025 list for Colombia, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the Colombia calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Colombia have in 2025?
Colombia has 18 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Colombia?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Colombia in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in Colombia is on 1 January 2025.
Are regional holidays included for Colombia?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Colombia are listed separately on the Colombia holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Colombia holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. 12 of the 18 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (set weekday of the month and linked to easter), 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 Epiphany on 6 January 2025, Saint Joseph on 24 March 2025 and Maundy Thursday on 17 April 2025, plus 9 more.
How far ahead is the Colombia 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. This table also applies 1 correction to the underlying open dataset, each checked against the legislation. The full list with sources is on the Colombia holiday hub.
Which Colombia holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. 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 Colombia holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Colombia with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Colombia
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Colombia public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Colombia 2025 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 2025 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.