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Chile working days and public holidays 2025

Chile, 2025: 249 working days and 1992 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 16 national public holidays, 12 of them on working days.

Chile 2025 at a glance

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Working days
249
Standard hours
1992
Free days
116
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
16
Free days from holidays
12
Holidays on weekends
4

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
  • 19 Apr Saturday Holy Saturday (Sábado Santo) Weekend

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day (Día del Trabajo)
  • 21 May Wednesday Navy Day (Día de las Glorias Navales)

June

  • 7 Jun Saturday Battle of Arica (Asalto y Toma del Morro de Arica) Arica y Parinacota Weekend
  • 20 Jun Friday National Day of Indigenous Peoples (Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas)
  • 29 Jun Sunday Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo) Weekend

July

  • 16 Jul Wednesday Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Virgen del Carmen)

August

  • 15 Aug Friday Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen)

September

  • 18 Sept Thursday National holiday (Fiestas Patrias)
  • 19 Sept Friday Army Day (Día de las Glorias del Ejército)

October

  • 12 Oct Sunday Columbus Day (Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos) Weekend
  • 31 Oct Friday Reformation Day (Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes)

November

  • 1 Nov Saturday All Saints Day (Día de Todos los Santos) Weekend

December

  • 8 Dec Monday Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción)
  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day (Navidad / Natividad del Señor)

Working days and hours by month 2025

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) 22 176
February 20 160
March 21 168
April 18 Apr Good Friday (Viernes Santo), 19 Apr Holy Saturday (Sábado Santo) 21 168
May 1 May Labour Day (Día del Trabajo), 21 May Navy Day (Día de las Glorias Navales) 20 160
June 20 Jun National Day of Indigenous Peoples (Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas), 29 Jun Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo) 20 160
July 16 Jul Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Virgen del Carmen) 22 176
August 15 Aug Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen) 20 160
September 18 Sep National holiday (Fiestas Patrias), 19 Sep Army Day (Día de las Glorias del Ejército) 20 160
October 12 Oct Columbus Day (Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos), 31 Oct Reformation Day (Día Nacional de las Iglesias Evangélicas y Protestantes) 22 176
November 1 Nov All Saints Day (Día de Todos los Santos) 20 160
December 8 Dec Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción), 25 Dec Christmas Day (Navidad / Natividad del Señor) 21 168
Total 249 1992

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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