workdaysPublic holidays and weekends in South America today
On , of the 12 countries with a calendar: all 12 are at work.
- Working (12)
- Weekend (0)
- Public holiday (0)
- No data
No public holiday on 13 November 2026
Every country with a calendar treats this as an ordinary day.
When do the most countries in South America have a public holiday?
In 2026 the map shows the most countries on a public holiday on these days:
- New Year's Day on 1 January, Labor Day on 1 May and Christmas Day on 25 December in all 12 countries
- Good Friday on 3 April in 11 countries, all but Uruguay
- Carnival on 17 February in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Suriname and Venezuela
Of the countries with one calendar for the whole country, the most public holidays on working days in 2026 are in Colombia (18), the fewest in Uruguay (4).
How the map counts a day
All 12 countries on the map rest on Saturday and Sunday.
Each country is on its own date: today there, by the clock in its capital. A day picked on the strip shows that date in every country.
Every country takes the colour its own calendar gives the day: at work, on its weekend or on a public holiday. A public holiday on a weekend day takes the holiday's colour, as in the country's calendar. Days off for one group only, such as civil servants, and shortened working days are working days on the map. So is a Saturday or Sunday officially made a working day.
In 2026 the holiday colour appears somewhere on 87 of the 365 days, and on 1 January in 12 countries, more than on any other. On the other 278 days no country has a public holiday on a working day.
A country too small to draw at this scale is a dot.
To count the working days between two dates in one country, use the working days calculator on workdays.space.