Public holidays in Colombia

There are 18 public holidays in Colombia (12 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays, celebrating Monday and Tuesday of Carnival.

Since 1983, 10 of the holidays are movable: when they do not fall on a Monday, these holidays are observed the following Monday^[1]

National holidays

Original date	Date in 2025	English name	Spanish name	Type	Notes
January 1	January 1	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo	Civic
January 6[n 1]	January 6	Epiphany	Día de los Reyes Magos	Catholic
March 19[n 1]	March 24	Saint Joseph's Day	Día de San José	Catholic
varies	April 17	Maundy Thursday	Jueves Santo	Catholic	Thursday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.
varies	April 18	Good Friday	Viernes Santo	Catholic	Friday before Easter Sunday, variable dates in March or April.
May 1	May 1	International Workers' Day	Día Internacional de los Trabajadores	Civic
varies[n 1]	June 2	Ascension Day	Ascensión del señor	Catholic	39 days after Easter Sunday
varies[n 1]	June 23	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Catholic	60 days after Easter Sunday
varies[n 1]	June 30	Sacred Heart	Sagrado Corazón	Catholic	68 days after Easter Sunday
June 29[n 1]	June 30	Saint Peter and Saint Paul	San Pedro y San Pablo	Catholic
July 20	July 20	Declaration of Independence of Colombia	Declaración de la Independencia de Colombia	Civic
August 7	August 7	Battle of Boyacá	Batalla de Boyacá	Civic
August 15[n 1]	August 18	Assumption Day	La Asunción de la Virgen María	Catholic
October 12[n 1]	October 13	Columbus Day	Día de la Diversidad Étnica y Cultural[2]	Civic	Formerly known as 'Día de la raza'
November 1[n 1]	November 3	All Saints’ Day	Día de Todos los Santos	Catholic
November 11[n 1]	November 17	Independence of Cartagena	Independencia de Cartagena	Civic
December 8	December 8	Immaculate Conception	La Inmaculada Concepción	Catholic
December 25	December 25	Christmas Day	Navidad	Catholic

Barranquilla holidays

The following are considered holidays only in the city of Barranquilla:

• Monday of Carnival (48 days before Easter Sunday or 2 days before Ash Wednesday.)
• Tuesday of Carnival (47 days before Easter Sunday or the day before Ash Wednesday.)

Notes

1. Movable holiday.