Public holidays in Costa Rica 2027

9 nationwide public holidays in 2027.

Next nationwide holiday in Costa Rica

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2027

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 January Friday	Friday	New Year's Day Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
25 March Thursday	Thursday	Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
26 March Friday	Friday	Good Friday Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
11 April Sunday	Sunday	Juan Santamaría Day Día de Juan Santamaría	Día de Juan Santamaría
1 May Saturday	Saturday	International Labor Day Día Internacional del Trabajo	Día Internacional del Trabajo
25 July Sunday	Sunday	Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica	Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica
15 August Sunday	Sunday	Mother's Day Día de la Madre	Día de la Madre
15 September Wednesday	Wednesday	Independence Day Día de la Independencia	Día de la Independencia
25 December Saturday	Saturday	Christmas Day Navidad	Navidad

Long weekends and bridge days 2027

Based on nationwide holidays and the weekend in Costa Rica (Saturday and Sunday). Regional, local and group holidays are not included.

Long weekends

Fri 1 Jan – Sun 3 Jan · 3 days off
New Year's Day
Typically in San José: high 27°C (81°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 39% of days
Thu 25 Mar – Sun 28 Mar · 4 days off
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday
Typically in San José: high 31°C (88°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 27% of days

Bridge days

No single-day bridges in 2027.

Leave planner 2027

Choose how many leave days you can take for one break. The planner finds the breaks that give the most days off in a row around nationwide holidays and weekends, and marks the leave days on the calendar below.

Leave days per break: 3

Longest break with up to 3 leave days: Sat 20 Mar – Sun 28 Mar — 9 days off for 3 leave days (Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Mon 4 Jan) get 4 days in a rowFri 1 Jan – Mon 4 Jan · New Year's DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Wed 24 Mar) get 5 days in a rowWed 24 Mar – Sun 28 Mar · Maundy Thursday, Good FridayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 9 Apr) get 3 days in a rowFri 9 Apr – Sun 11 Apr · Juan Santamaría DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 30 Apr) get 3 days in a rowFri 30 Apr – Sun 2 May · International Labor DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 23 Jul) get 3 days in a rowFri 23 Jul – Sun 25 Jul · Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa RicaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 13 Aug) get 3 days in a rowFri 13 Aug – Sun 15 Aug · Mother's DayShow on calendar ↓