Public holidays in Argentina 2026

Argentina has 16 nationwide public holidays in 2026. That count covers only the dates that apply across the whole country - provinces and municipalities add their own on top, so many residents will see more than 16 non-working days on their local calendar.

The shape of the year

The year opens with New Year’s Day on Thursday 1 January and closes with Christmas Day on Friday 25 December, so 2026 both starts and finishes on a public holiday. The longest gap without one falls between General José de San Martín Memorial Day and Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity, a 56-day stretch with nothing on the nationwide calendar. Outside that gap, holidays are spread fairly evenly, giving most months at least one break.

Weekday luck in 2026

Where a holiday lands in the week decides whether it stretches into a long weekend or gets absorbed into one that’s already there. In 2026, six of Argentina’s nationwide holidays fall on a Monday, which is as good as it gets for a long weekend without anyone having to move anything. Three fall on a Friday, giving the same effect from the other side of the weekend. Only one lands on a weekend itself: General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day, which falls on a Saturday. A holiday that lands on a Saturday or Sunday is often a lost day off, unless local rules shift it to a weekday - and whether that happens varies by country and even by year, so it’s worth checking closer to the date rather than assuming.

Remember the regional layer

This total is the nationwide figure only. Provincial and municipal holidays sit on top of it and differ by location, so anyone planning around a specific city or province should check that area’s own calendar rather than relying on the national count alone.

Data is drawn from the Nager.Date open public holiday dataset as of this page’s review. Governments can and do adjust specific dates after publication, so treat exact days as correct at time of writing rather than fixed for all time.