Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Colombia 2027

Colombia has 19 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 16 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Colombia 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 19
Of those, on a working day: 16
Of those, on a weekend: 3
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (25 March to 28 March)
Bridge days: 1
Most nationwide holidays in: March (3)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in Colombia, 2027

Public holidays in Colombia in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo	Nationwide
11 January	Monday	Epiphany	Día de los Reyes Magos	Nationwide
22 March	Monday	Saint Joseph's Day	Día de San José	Nationwide
25 March	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Jueves Santo	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Viernes Santo	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Primero de Mayo	Nationwide
10 May	Monday	Ascension Day	Ascensión del señor	Nationwide
31 May	Monday	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Nationwide
7 June	Monday	Sacred Heart	Sagrado Corazón	Nationwide
5 July	Monday	Saint Peter and Saint Paul	San Pedro y San Pablo	Nationwide
12 July	Monday	Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Day	Día de la Virgen de Chiquinquirá	Nationwide
20 July	Tuesday	Declaration of Independence	Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia	Nationwide
7 August	Saturdayweekend	Battle of Boyacá	Batalla de Boyacá	Nationwide
16 August	Monday	Assumption of Mary	La Asunción	Nationwide
18 October	Monday	Columbus Day	Día de la Raza	Nationwide
1 November	Monday	All Saints’ Day	Dia de los Santos	Nationwide
15 November	Monday	Independence of Cartagena	Independencia de Cartagena	Nationwide
8 December	Wednesday	Immaculate Conception	La Inmaculada Concepción	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Navidad	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in Colombia

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (13)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 9 January to Monday 11 January 2027: 3 days off, with Epiphany.
Saturday 20 March to Monday 22 March 2027: 3 days off, with Saint Joseph's Day.
Thursday 25 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 4 days off, with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday.
Saturday 8 May to Monday 10 May 2027: 3 days off, with Ascension Day.
Saturday 29 May to Monday 31 May 2027: 3 days off, with Corpus Christi.
Saturday 5 June to Monday 7 June 2027: 3 days off, with Sacred Heart.
Saturday 3 July to Monday 5 July 2027: 3 days off, with Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Saturday 10 July to Monday 12 July 2027: 3 days off, with Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Day.
Saturday 14 August to Monday 16 August 2027: 3 days off, with Assumption of Mary.
Saturday 16 October to Monday 18 October 2027: 3 days off, with Columbus Day.
Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints’ Day.
Saturday 13 November to Monday 15 November 2027: 3 days off, with Independence of Cartagena.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 19 July: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 17 July to Tuesday 20 July 2027 (next to Declaration of Independence).

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in Colombia applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add Colombia to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

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