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    Colombia working days and public holidays 2025

    Colombia, 2025: 245 working days and 1960 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 17 national public holidays, 16 of them on working days.

    Colombia 2025 at a glance

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    Working days
    245
    Standard hours
    1960
    Free days
    120
    Calendar days
    365
    Holidays in period
    17
    Free days from holidays
    16
    Holidays on weekends
    1

    Public holidays 2025

    January

    • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)
    • 6 Jan Monday Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos)

    March

    • 24 Mar Monday Saint Joseph's Day (Día de San José)

    April

    • 17 Apr Thursday Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo)
    • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday (Viernes Santo)

    May

    • 1 May Thursday Labour Day (Primero de Mayo)

    June

    • 2 Jun Monday Ascension Day (Ascensión del señor)
    • 23 Jun Monday Corpus Christi
    • 30 Jun Monday Sacred Heart (Sagrado Corazón) / Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo)

    July

    • 20 Jul Sunday Declaration of Independence (Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia) Weekend

    August

    • 7 Aug Thursday Battle of Boyacá (Batalla de Boyacá)
    • 18 Aug Monday Assumption of Mary (La Asunción)

    October

    • 13 Oct Monday Columbus Day (Día de la Raza)

    November

    • 3 Nov Monday All Saints’ Day (Dia de los Santos)
    • 17 Nov Monday Independence of Cartagena (Independencia de Cartagena)

    December

    • 8 Dec Monday Immaculate Conception (La Inmaculada Concepción)
    • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day (Navidad)

    Working days and hours by month 2025

    Month Working days Hours
    January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Año Nuevo), 6 Jan Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos) 21 168
    February 20 160
    March 24 Mar Saint Joseph's Day (Día de San José) 20 160
    April 17 Apr Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo), 18 Apr Good Friday (Viernes Santo) 20 160
    May 1 May Labour Day (Primero de Mayo) 21 168
    June 2 Jun Ascension Day (Ascensión del señor), 23 Jun Corpus Christi, 30 Jun Saint Peter and Saint Paul (San Pedro y San Pablo) 18 144
    July 20 Jul Declaration of Independence (Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia) 23 184
    August 7 Aug Battle of Boyacá (Batalla de Boyacá), 18 Aug Assumption of Mary (La Asunción) 19 152
    September 22 176
    October 13 Oct Columbus Day (Día de la Raza) 22 176
    November 3 Nov All Saints’ Day (Dia de los Santos), 17 Nov Independence of Cartagena (Independencia de Cartagena) 18 144
    December 8 Dec Immaculate Conception (La Inmaculada Concepción), 25 Dec Christmas Day (Navidad) 21 168
    Total 245 1960

    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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