Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Guatemala 2027
Guatemala has 13 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 9 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Guatemala 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 13
- Of those, on a working day
- 9
- Of those, on a weekend
- 4
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 4 days (25 March to 28 March)
- Bridge days
- 0
- Most nationwide holidays in
- March (4)
The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.
All public holidays in Guatemala, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Holy Saturday | Holy Saturday | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Easter Sunday | Easter Sunday | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | International Workers' Day | International Workers' Day | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Army Day | Army Day | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | Independence Day | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Revolution Day | Revolution Day | Nationwide | |
| Monday | All Saints' Day | All Saints' Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Christmas Eve | Christmas Eve | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Christmas Day | Nationwide | |
| Friday | New Year's Eve | New Year's Eve | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Guatemala
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 (5)
- Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
- Thursday 25 March to Sunday 28 March 2027: 4 days off, with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday.
- Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints' Day.
- Friday 24 December to Sunday 26 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Eve.
- Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Eve.
Bridge days (0)
No working day in 2027 sits between two days off, so there is no bridge day by this rule.
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in Guatemala applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Guatemala 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.
https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/guatemala/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Guatemala's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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