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El Salvador working days and public holidays 2026

El Salvador, 2026: 243 working days and 1944 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 25 national public holidays, 18 of them on working days.

El Salvador 2026 at a glance

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Working days
243
Standard hours
1944
Free days
122
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
25
Free days from holidays
18
Holidays on weekends
7

Today, Saturday 31 October, is not a working day. 207 working days of 2026 have passed and 36 are left.

Public holidays 2026

May

  • 1 May Friday Labour Day (Día del Trabajo)
  • 3 May Sunday The Day of the Cross (Día de la Cru) Weekend
  • 7 May Thursday Soldiers' Day (Día del Soldado)
  • 10 May Sunday Father's Day (Día del Padre) / Mother's Day (Día de las Madres) Weekend

August

  • 1 Aug Saturday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto) Weekend
  • 2 Aug Sunday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto) Weekend
  • 3 Aug Monday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)
  • 4 Aug Tuesday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)
  • 5 Aug Wednesday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)
  • 6 Aug Thursday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)
  • 7 Aug Friday August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)

September

  • 15 Sept Tuesday Independence Day (Día de la Independencia)

October

  • 1 Oct Thursday Children's Day (Día del niño)
  • 12 Oct Monday Ethnic Pride Day (Día de la raza)

November

  • 2 Nov Monday Day of the Dead (El día de los difuntos) Next
  • 7 Nov Saturday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa) Weekend
  • 8 Nov Sunday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa) Weekend
  • 9 Nov Monday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa)
  • 10 Nov Tuesday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa)
  • 11 Nov Wednesday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa)
  • 12 Nov Thursday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa)
  • 13 Nov Friday National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa)
  • 21 Nov Saturday Day of the Queen of Peace (Dia de la Reina de la Paz) Weekend

December

  • 25 Dec Friday Christmas Day (Noche Buena)
  • 31 Dec Thursday New Year's Eve (Fin de año)

Working days and hours by month 2026

Month Working days Hours
January 22 176
February 20 160
March 22 176
April 22 176
May 1 May Labour Day (Día del Trabajo), 3 May The Day of the Cross (Día de la Cru), 7 May Soldiers' Day (Día del Soldado), 10 May Mother's Day (Día de las Madres) 19 152
June 22 176
July 23 184
August 1 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 2 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 3 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 4 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 5 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 6 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto), 7 Aug August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto) 16 128
September 15 Sep Independence Day (Día de la Independencia) 21 168
October 1 Oct Children's Day (Día del niño), 12 Oct Ethnic Pride Day (Día de la raza) 20 160
November 2 Nov Day of the Dead (El día de los difuntos), 7 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 8 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 9 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 10 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 11 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 12 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 13 Nov National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa), 21 Nov Day of the Queen of Peace (Dia de la Reina de la Paz) 15 120
December 25 Dec Christmas Day (Noche Buena), 31 Dec New Year's Eve (Fin de año) 21 168
Total 243 1944

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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Working days and public holidays in other countries