Public holidays in Costa Rica 2025

9 nationwide public holidays in 2025.

Next nationwide holiday in Costa Rica

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2025

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 January Wednesday	Wednesday	New Year's Day Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
11 April Friday	Friday	Juan Santamaría Day Día de Juan Santamaría	Día de Juan Santamaría
17 April Thursday	Thursday	Maundy Thursday Religious Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
18 April Friday	Friday	Good Friday Religious Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
1 May Thursday	Thursday	International Labor Day Día Internacional del Trabajo	Día Internacional del Trabajo
25 July Friday	Friday	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 Friday	Friday	Mother's Day Día de la Madre	Día de la Madre
15 September Monday	Monday	Independence Day National day Día de la Independencia	Día de la Independencia
25 December Thursday	Thursday	Christmas Day Religious Navidad	Navidad

Long weekends and bridge days 2025

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

Long weekends

Fri 11 Apr – Sun 13 Apr · 3 days off
Juan Santamaría Day
Typically in San José: high 31°C (88°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 57% of days
Thu 17 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · 4 days off
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday
Typically in San José: high 31°C (88°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 59% of days
Fri 25 Jul – Sun 27 Jul · 3 days off
Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica
Typically in San José: high 27°C (81°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 93% of days
Fri 15 Aug – Sun 17 Aug · 3 days off
Mother's Day
Typically in San José: high 27°C (81°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 99% of days
Sat 13 Sep – Mon 15 Sep · 3 days off
Independence Day
Typically in San José: high 27°C (81°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 99% of days

Bridge days

Fri 2 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 1 May – Sun 4 May)
International Labor Day
Typically in San José: high 30°C (86°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 76% of days
Fri 26 Dec: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 25 Dec – Sun 28 Dec)
Christmas Day
Typically in San José: high 27°C (81°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 57% of days

Leave planner 2025

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: Fri 11 Apr – Sun 20 Apr — 10 days off for 3 leave days (Mon 14 Apr, Tue 15 Apr, Wed 16 Apr).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Thu 10 Apr) get 4 days in a rowThu 10 Apr – Sun 13 Apr · Juan Santamaría DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Wed 16 Apr) get 5 days in a rowWed 16 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · Maundy Thursday, Good FridayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 2 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 1 May – Sun 4 May · International Labor DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 24 Jul) get 4 days in a rowThu 24 Jul – Sun 27 Jul · Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa RicaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 14 Aug) get 4 days in a rowThu 14 Aug – Sun 17 Aug · Mother's DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 12 Sep) get 4 days in a rowFri 12 Sep – Mon 15 Sep · Independence DayShow on calendar ↓