Public holidays in Paraguay 2026

14 nationwide public holidays in 2026.

Next nationwide holiday in Paraguay

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2026

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 January Thursday	Thursday	New Year's Day Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
1 March Sunday	Sunday	Patriots Day Día de los Héroes de la Patria	Día de los Héroes de la Patria
2 April Thursday	Thursday	Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
3 April Friday	Friday	Good Friday Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
5 April Sunday	Sunday	Easter Sunday Domingo de Resurrección	Domingo de Resurrección
1 May Friday	Friday	Workers' Day Día de los Trabajadores	Día de los Trabajadores
14 May Thursday	Thursday	National Holiday Feriado Nacional	Feriado Nacional
15 May Friday	Friday	National Independence Day Día de la Independencia Nacional	Día de la Independencia Nacional
12 June Friday	Friday	Chaco Armistice Day Día de la Paz del Chaco	Día de la Paz del Chaco
22 June Monday	Monday	Constitution Oath Day Día de la Jura de la Constitución Nacional	Día de la Jura de la Constitución Nacional
15 August Saturday	Saturday	Asuncion Foundation's Day Día de la Fundación de Asunción	Día de la Fundación de Asunción
29 September Tuesday	Tuesday	Boqueron Battle Day Día de la Batalla de Boquerón	Día de la Batalla de Boquerón
8 December Tuesday	Tuesday	Caacupe Virgin Day Día de la Virgen de Caacupé	Día de la Virgen de Caacupé
25 December Friday	Friday	Christmas Day Día de la Navidad	Día de la Navidad

Long weekends and bridge days 2026

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

Long weekends

No breaks of three or more days off in 2026.

Bridge days

Sat 4 Apr: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 2 Apr – Sun 5 Apr)
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday
Typically in Asunción: high 31°C (88°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 36% of days
Sat 2 May: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Fri 1 May – Sun 3 May)
Workers' Day
Typically in Asunción: high 27°C (81°F), low 16°C (61°F), rain on 31% of days
Sat 16 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 14 May – Sun 17 May)
National Holiday, National Independence Day
Typically in Asunción: high 24°C (75°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 30% of days
Sat 13 Jun: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Fri 12 Jun – Sun 14 Jun)
Chaco Armistice Day
Typically in Asunción: high 23°C (73°F), low 12°C (54°F), rain on 16% of days
Mon 28 Sep: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Sun 27 Sep – Tue 29 Sep)
Boqueron Battle Day
Typically in Asunción: high 32°C (90°F), low 18°C (64°F), rain on 30% of days
Mon 7 Dec: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Sun 6 Dec – Tue 8 Dec)
Caacupe Virgin Day
Typically in Asunción: high 32°C (90°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 40% of days
Sat 26 Dec: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Fri 25 Dec – Sun 27 Dec)
Christmas Day
Typically in Asunción: high 33°C (91°F), low 22°C (72°F), rain on 37% of days

Leave planner 2026

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: Sun 29 Mar – Fri 3 Apr — 6 days off for 3 leave days (Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Sat 4 Apr) get 4 days in a rowThu 2 Apr – Sun 5 Apr · Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter SundayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 2 May) get 3 days in a rowFri 1 May – Sun 3 May · Workers' DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 16 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 14 May – Sun 17 May · National Holiday, National Independence DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 13 Jun) get 3 days in a rowFri 12 Jun – Sun 14 Jun · Chaco Armistice DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 20 Jun) get 3 days in a rowSat 20 Jun – Mon 22 Jun · Constitution Oath DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 14 Aug) get 3 days in a rowFri 14 Aug – Sun 16 Aug · Asuncion Foundation's DayShow on calendar ↓