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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Peru, 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 · 7 subdivisions covered.
The next public holiday in Peru is
Saint Rose
In 8 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time America/Lima
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Peru public holidays in 2026
16 national closures in 2026, of 24 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 |
| 2 April 2026 | Maundy Thursday expected | Compiled |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Compiled |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day expected | Compiled |
| 7 June 2026 | Battle expected | Compiled |
| 29 June 2026 | Saints Peter expected | Compiled |
| 23 July 2026 | Heroic Sacrifice of Captain FAP José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales expected | Compiled |
| 28 July 2026 | Independence expected | Compiled |
| 29 July 2026 | Fiestas Patrias expected | Compiled |
| 6 August 2026 | Battle expected | Compiled |
| 30 August 2026 | Saint Rose expected | Compiled |
| 8 October 2026 | Naval Combat expected | Compiled |
| 1 November 2026 | All Saints' Day expected | Compiled |
| 8 December 2026 | Immaculate Conception expected | Compiled |
| 9 December 2026 | Battle expected | Compiled |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Compiled |
The shape of Peru’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
16 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Peru, 2026
10 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 |
| 2 Apr – 5 Apr | 4 days | Maundy Thursday, Good Friday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 27 Jun – 29 Jun | 3 days | Saints Peter | no leave needed |
| 23 Jul – 26 Jul | 4 days | Heroic Sacrifice of Captain FAP José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales | take Fri 24 Jul |
| 25 Jul – 29 Jul | 5 days | Independence, Fiestas Patrias | take Mon 27 Jul |
| 6 Aug – 9 Aug | 4 days | Battle | take Fri 7 Aug |
| 8 Oct – 11 Oct | 4 days | Naval Combat | take Fri 9 Oct |
| 5 Dec – 9 Dec | 5 days | Immaculate Conception, Battle | take Mon 7 Dec |
| 25 Dec – 27 Dec | 3 days | Christmas Day | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
3 subdivisions of Peru keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Arequipa | 9 October 2026 | National Unity Day |
| Cusco | 24 June 2027 | Inti Raymi |
| Puno | 14 February 2027 | Virgen |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Peru, 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 | 21 | 21 compiled | 2026-08-21 | |
| Religious observances | 11 | 11 compiled | 2026-08-21 | |
| Optional and restricted days | 3 | 3 compiled | — | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 22 | 22 compiled | 2026-08-21 | |
| School terms and breaks | 45 | — | — | 7 calendars, 2 parallel: Educación Básica Alternativa; Educación Básica Regular |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 7 | — | — | |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XLIM (49) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 5 | — | — | |
| Elections | 23 | — | — |
Not held for Peru: Statutory weekly rest, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open. 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:
República del Perú — Decreto Legislativo 713, texto consolidado internal
How Peru keeps time
| Observances | 24 across the national calendar and 7 subdivisions |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 0 verified · 0 corroborated · 24 compiled, from 8 named sources |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XLIM |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-21 |
The Peru dossier
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All 24 dated closures are complete and computed, drawn from published compilations and our own research across 8 named sources. Every row names what it rests on. We are retrieving the underlying instruments market by market.
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