Public holidays in Ecuador 2025

16 nationwide public holidays in 2025.

Next nationwide holiday in Ecuador

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
3 March Monday	Monday	Carnival Carnaval	Carnaval
4 March Tuesday	Tuesday	Carnival Carnaval	Carnaval
18 April Friday	Friday	Good Friday Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
1 May Thursday	Thursday	Labor Day Día del Trabajo	Día del Trabajo
2 May Friday	Friday	Labor Day (observed) Día del Trabajo (observado) Observed day off for Labor Day (Thu 1 May)	Día del Trabajo (observado)
23 May Friday	Friday	The Battle of Pichincha (observed) Batalla de Pichincha (observado) Observed day off for The Battle of Pichincha (Sat 24 May)	Batalla de Pichincha (observado)
24 May Saturday	Saturday	The Battle of Pichincha Batalla de Pichincha	Batalla de Pichincha
10 August Sunday	Sunday	Declaration of Independence of Quito Primer Grito de Independencia	Primer Grito de Independencia
11 August Monday	Monday	Declaration of Independence of Quito (observed) Primer Grito de Independencia (observado) Observed day off for Declaration of Independence of Quito (Sun 10 Aug)	Primer Grito de Independencia (observado)
9 October Thursday	Thursday	Independence of Guayaquil Independencia de Guayaquil	Independencia de Guayaquil
10 October Friday	Friday	Independence of Guayaquil (observed) Independencia de Guayaquil (observado) Observed day off for Independence of Guayaquil (Thu 9 Oct)	Independencia de Guayaquil (observado)
2 November Sunday	Sunday	All Souls' Day Día de Difuntos	Día de Difuntos
3 November Monday	Monday	Independence of Cuenca Independencia de Cuenca	Independencia de Cuenca
4 November Tuesday	Tuesday	All Souls' Day (observed) Día de Difuntos (observado) Observed day off for All Souls' Day (Sun 2 Nov)	Día de Difuntos (observado)
25 December Thursday	Thursday	Christmas Day Navidad	Navidad

Long weekends and bridge days 2025

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

Long weekends

Sat 1 Mar – Tue 4 Mar · 4 days off
Carnival
Typically in Quito: high 22°C (72°F), low 15°C (59°F), rain on 94% of days
Fri 18 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · 3 days off
Good Friday
Typically in Quito: high 23°C (73°F), low 15°C (59°F), rain on 89% of days
Thu 1 May – Sun 4 May · 4 days off
Labor Day, Labor Day (observed)
Typically in Quito: high 24°C (75°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 97% of days
Fri 23 May – Sun 25 May · 3 days off
The Battle of Pichincha (observed), The Battle of Pichincha
Typically in Quito: high 24°C (75°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 69% of days
Sat 9 Aug – Mon 11 Aug · 3 days off
Declaration of Independence of Quito, Declaration of Independence of Quito (observed)
Typically in Quito: high 26°C (79°F), low 13°C (55°F), rain on 19% of days
Thu 9 Oct – Sun 12 Oct · 4 days off
Independence of Guayaquil, Independence of Guayaquil (observed)
Typically in Quito: high 24°C (75°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 61% of days
Sat 1 Nov – Tue 4 Nov · 4 days off
All Souls' Day, Independence of Cuenca, All Souls' Day (observed)
Typically in Quito: high 23°C (73°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 64% of days

Bridge days

Fri 26 Dec: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 25 Dec – Sun 28 Dec)
Christmas Day
Typically in Quito: high 23°C (73°F), low 14°C (57°F), rain on 76% 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: Sat 1 Mar – Sun 9 Mar — 9 days off for 3 leave days (Wed 5 Mar, Thu 6 Mar, Fri 7 Mar).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Fri 28 Feb) get 5 days in a rowFri 28 Feb – Tue 4 Mar · CarnivalShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 17 Apr) get 4 days in a rowThu 17 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · Good FridayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Wed 30 Apr) get 5 days in a rowWed 30 Apr – Sun 4 May · Labor Day, Labor Day (observed)Show on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 22 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 22 May – Sun 25 May · The Battle of Pichincha (observed), The Battle of PichinchaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Wed 8 Oct) get 5 days in a rowWed 8 Oct – Sun 12 Oct · Independence of Guayaquil, Independence of Guayaquil (observed)Show on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 31 Oct) get 5 days in a rowFri 31 Oct – Tue 4 Nov · All Souls' Day, Independence of Cuenca, All Souls' Day (observed)Show on calendar ↓