Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Costa Rica 2026
Costa Rica has 9 public holidays in 2026: 6 on working days and 3 on a weekend. The next one is Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026, in 88 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Costa Rica
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 6 of the 9 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 6 of the 9 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 3 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Friday, with 3 dates.
Three of the 9 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Good Friday on Friday, April 3, International Labor Day on Friday, May 1 and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25. Two more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off) and Independence Day on Tuesday, September 15 (take Monday off).
April is the busiest month, with 3 holiday dates. Five months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, October and November). The longest stretch between two holidays is 101 days, from Independence Day on September 15 to Christmas Day on December 25, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 9 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 4 of the 9 dates fall on a working day, and 2 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Costa Rica
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Juan Santamaría Day | |
| Friday | International Labor Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Mother's Day | |
| Tuesday | Independence Day | |
| FridayNext | Christmas Day |
2027 public holidays in Costa Rica
9 holidays on 9 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| SundayWeekend | Juan Santamaría Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | International Labor Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica | |
| SundayWeekend | Mother's Day | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day |
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