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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Guatemala, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
Includes subnational coverage · 3 subdivisions covered.
The next public holiday in Guatemala is
Independence Day
In 24 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time America/Guatemala
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- Count working days Business days between two dates, with Guatemala’s closures removed and every excluded day named.
- Find the next business day Add or subtract N working days from a date, skipping weekends and closures — for filing and settlement dates.
- Discover long weekends Every run of consecutive days off in a year, and the bridge days worth taking. Pick Guatemala from the list.
- Compare with your other markets Guatemala beside the rest — the weeks that work everywhere, and which dates are still estimates.
Guatemala public holidays in 2026
10 national closures in 2026, of 13 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Compiled |
| 6 January 2026 | Epiphany expected | Compiled |
| 2 April 2026 | Holy Thursday expected | Compiled |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Compiled |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day expected | Compiled |
| 30 June 2026 | Army Day expected | Compiled |
| 15 September 2026 | Independence Day expected | Compiled |
| 20 October 2026 | Revolution Day expected | Compiled |
| 1 November 2026 | All Saints' Day expected | Compiled |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Compiled |
The shape of Guatemala’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
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Long weekends in Guatemala, 2026
8 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Jan – 6 Jan | 4 days | Epiphany | take Mon 5 Jan |
| 2 Apr – 5 Apr | 4 days | Holy Thursday, Good Friday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 27 Jun – 30 Jun | 4 days | Army Day | take Mon 29 Jun |
| 12 Sep – 15 Sep | 4 days | Independence Day | take Mon 14 Sep |
| 17 Oct – 20 Oct | 4 days | Revolution Day | take Mon 19 Oct |
| 25 Dec – 27 Dec | 3 days | Christmas Day | no leave needed |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Guatemala, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 10 | 10 compiled | 2026-07-17 | |
| Religious observances | 7 | 7 compiled | 2026-07-17 | |
| Optional and restricted days | 3 | 3 compiled | — | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 6 | 6 compiled | 2026-07-17 | |
| School terms and breaks | 40 | — | — | 8 calendars, 2 parallel: Sector privado, cooperativo y municipal; Sector público |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 3 | — | — | |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 5 | — | — | |
| Elections | 19 | — | — |
Not held for Guatemala: Statutory weekly rest, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Exchange closures. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
2 named documents, issued by 2 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
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How Guatemala keeps time
| Observances | 13 across the national calendar and 2 subdivisions |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 0 verified · 0 corroborated · 13 compiled, from 3 named sources |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-07-17 |
The Guatemala dossier
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All 13 dated closures are complete and computed, drawn from published compilations and our own research across 3 named sources. Every row names what it rests on. We are retrieving the underlying instruments market by market.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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We do not promise a calendar that never changes. Dates move: authorities declare holidays at short notice and publish corrections of their own. Every record here shows what stands behind it, and when a date changes we correct it, publish it, and tell the people it affects.