Public holidays in Ecuador 2026
12 national public holidays in Ecuador in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: All Souls' Day on 2 November (Monday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 16 February | Monday | Carnival |
| 17 February | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday |
| 2 April | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day |
| 24 May | Sunday | The Battle of Pichincha |
| 10 August | Monday | Declaration of Independence of Quito |
| 10 September | Thursday | Independence of Guayaquil |
| 2 November | Monday | All Souls' Day |
| 3 November | Tuesday | Independence of Cuenca |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 5 April · Easter Sunday (observance)
- 24 July · The Birthday of Simón Bolívar (observance)
- 31 October · Flag Day (observance)
- 31 December · New Year's Eve (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Ecuador. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=P for Pichincha. Regions: Pichincha.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in Ecuador, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=EC&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"