The calendar
Colombia has around eighteen public holidays, the most in the Americas, because the Ley Emiliani moves most of them to the following Monday.
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Colombia · 2026
19 recorded days · 19 public · 0 bank · 0 school · 0 regional
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Día de la Raza
Monday · 12 Oct 2026 · Public
DateHolidayTypeShops shut?
01JanAño Nuevo
New Year's Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Día de los Reyes Magos
Epiphany · Nationwide
PublicShut
Día de San José
Saint Joseph's Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Jueves Santo
Maundy Thursday · Nationwide
PublicShut
Viernes Santo
Good Friday · Nationwide
PublicShut
Primero de Mayo
Labour Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Ascensión del señor
Ascension Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Corpus Christi
Nationwide
PublicShut
Sagrado Corazón
Sacred Heart · Nationwide
PublicShut
San Pedro y San Pablo
Saint Peter and Saint Paul · Nationwide
PublicShut
Día de la Virgen de Chiquinquirá
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia
Declaration of Independence · Nationwide
PublicShut
Batalla de Boyacá
Battle of Boyacá · Nationwide
PublicShut
La Asunción
Assumption of Mary · Nationwide
PublicShut
Día de la Raza
Columbus Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Dia de los Santos
All Saints’ Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Independencia de Cartagena
Independence of Cartagena · Nationwide
PublicShut
La Inmaculada Concepción
Immaculate Conception · Nationwide
PublicShut
Navidad
Christmas Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
● Public most things closed · ● Bank banks only · ● Regional some areas · ● School term dates
Bridge days worth booking
One day of leave, four days off. These are the 2026 dates where the maths works.
La Inmaculada Concepción
Tuesday · 8 Dec 2026
Falls on a Tuesday. Book the Monday off and you get a four-day weekend — expect a lot of colleagues to do exactly that.
Book off: 7 Dec 2026
How the holiday year works in Colombia
How people take the days
That Monday-shifting makes the puente long weekend the organising unit of the Colombian year — roughly one a month, and the main driver of domestic tourism.
If you're visiting
Expect heavy Sunday-evening and Monday-evening returns into Bogotá and Medellín on every puente, and hotel prices to rise accordingly.
If you live here
The shifted date, not the original feast date, is the day off; calendars that list the traditional date will mislead you.
What these days actually mean
Observance, business closures and transport impact for the next few dates.
Columbus Day
12 Oct 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
All Saints’ Day
2 Nov 2026
- Observance
- Families visit cemeteries with flowers and candles. Quiet and reflective rather than festive.
- Business
- Banks and most shops closed in Catholic-majority countries; florists do their busiest day of the year.
- Transport
- Extra services to cemeteries; heavy intercity travel over the weekend.
Independence of Cartagena
16 Nov 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
Immaculate Conception
8 Dec 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.