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Costa Rica Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Central America, Nicaragua, Panama and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Costa Rica 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Costa Rica public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Jan Thursday New Year's Day
Mar Monday Public Sector Holiday (Semana Santa) (tentative) government
Mar Tuesday Public Sector Holiday (Semana Santa) (tentative) government
Apr Wednesday Public Sector Holiday (Semana Santa) (tentative) government
Apr Thursday Maundy Thursday
Apr Friday Good Friday
Apr Saturday Juan Santamaria Day
May Friday Labor Day
July Saturday Guanacaste Day
Aug Sunday Lady of the Angels' Day
Aug Saturday Mothers' Day / Assumption
Aug Monday Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense
Sep Tuesday Independence Day
Dec Tuesday Día de la Abolición del Ejército (date to be confirmed, could move to Mon. Nov. 30)
Dec Friday Christmas Day

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Global Holidays Observed in Costa Rica


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Costa Rica, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2024-2034).

Costa Rica Background Information and Links