Mexico Public Holidays 2026
Mexico has 7 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2026. One well placed day of leave buys 4 days away from work in 2026, because one holiday sits exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayAño Nuevo | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Constitution DayDía de la Constitución | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Benito Juárez's birthdayNatalicio de Benito Juárez | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayDía del Trabajador | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Independence DayDía de la Independencia | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Revolution DayDía de la Revolución | Monday | 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 Mexico calendar. No correction specific to Mexico has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Mexico.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.
Holidays are spread fairly evenly through 2026, so there is no single month that dominates the calendar. None of them falls on a weekend in 2026, so every holiday adds a genuine weekday off. The table below lists every Mexico public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the Mexico calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Mexico have in 2026?
Mexico has 7 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 Mexico?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Mexico in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Mexico is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Mexico?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Mexico are listed separately on the Mexico holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Mexico holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Three of the 7 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (set weekday of the month), 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 Constitution Day on 2 February 2026, Benito Juárez's birthday on 16 March 2026 and Revolution Day on 16 November 2026.
How far ahead is the Mexico 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 Mexico.
Which Mexico 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 Mexico holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Mexico with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Mexico
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Mexico public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Mexico 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.