How many public holidays does Nicaragua have in 2026?

Nicaragua has 12 public holidays in 2026.

How many public holidays does Nicaragua have in 2027?

Nicaragua has 12 public holidays in 2027.

What is the next public holiday in Nicaragua?

The next public holiday in Nicaragua is Liberation Day on Sun, Jul 19, 2026.

Are weekends counted as holidays in Nicaragua?

Saturday and Sunday are not listed as public holidays unless a national observance falls on that date. In the upcoming 12 months, 2 public holidays fall on a weekend in Nicaragua; whether a substitute weekday is granted depends on local statutory rules and is not encoded in this table.

Does Nicaragua observe daylight saving time?

Nicaragua does not observe a seasonal DST shift in its mapped timezone (America/Managua); local clock anchors stay stable around holidays.

Which kind of holiday is most common in Nicaragua?

Across the upcoming 12 months, Nicaragua weights toward other observances (5 of 12 classified public holidays). The classifier is keyword-based and the remainder break down as religious 2, civic 3, cultural 2, other 5.

Holiday calendar

Public holidays in Nicaragua.

12 in 202612 in 2027Next: Liberation Day · Sun, Jul 19, 2026

Last updated recently. Holiday tables, the next-holiday snapshot, and curated explainer links refresh on the daily calendar update window.

Next holiday

Liberation Day

Sun, Jul 19, 2026

Primary timezone

America/Managua

Useful when holiday planning crosses countries or teams.

Curated explainers

Focused detail pages kept live for the strongest holiday queries.

Airport / timezone context

1 zones

Cross-links below connect this calendar to travel and time-reference pages.

Year-of-public-holidays pattern

Nicaragua across the next 12 months

12 public holidays fall between Tue, Jun 2, 2026 and Wed, Jun 2, 2027 in Nicaragua. The classifier below is a transparent keyword heuristic, not a legal taxonomy.

Classification mix

Religious2
Civic3
Cultural2
Other / unclassified5

Headline reading: a other-leaning calendar.

Weekday distribution

Sunday1
Monday3
Tuesday2
Wednesday0
Thursday3
Friday2
Saturday1

Tuesday and Thursday entries create the strongest long-weekend pull.

Longest holiday-free stretch

57 days

Tue, Feb 2, 2027 → Wed, Mar 31, 2027

Longest consecutive-holiday cluster

4 days

Sat, Sep 12, 2026 → Tue, Sep 15, 2026

Adjacent weekends are counted with public-holiday dates when computing the cluster.

Operational closure profile

What makes the Nicaragua calendar operationally different

The country page now reads the holiday list as a planning surface: density, month clusters, type mix, and bridge-day pressure. These signals are derived from the same retained holiday rows rather than generic country copy.

Calendar density

active public-holiday calendar

Nicaragua has 12 public holidays in the rolling 12-month window and 12 total retained holiday rows across all types.

Bridge-day pressure

5 public holidays fall on Tuesday or Thursday, creating likely bridge-day pressure around adjacent Mondays or Fridays.

Month clustering

Public holidays cluster most strongly in December (3), May (2), September (2), January (1).

Dataset type mix

Dataset type mix is led by 12 public entries. This is separate from legal closure strength; always confirm local substitution and sector rules.

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Calendar evidence

Nicaragua holiday-calendar evidence

Nicaragua's holiday page now reads the country calendar as an operational dataset: year coverage, rolling public-holiday window, weekday rhythm, cluster/gap behavior, peer context, and source boundaries.

11/12 checks

Route identity

Verified

Nicaragua resolves to ISO NI and canonical holiday route /holidays/nicaragua/.

Two-year coverage

Verified

2026 has 12 holiday rows; 2027 has 12 holiday rows. Both tables render on the same country page.

Rolling public window

Verified

12 public holidays and 12 total holiday rows fall in the rolling 365-day planning window. Density label: active public-holiday calendar.

Next holiday

Verified

Liberation Day is next on Sun, Jul 19, 2026.

Classification mix

Verified

2 religious, 3 civic, 2 cultural, 5 other. Dominant read: other-leaning.

Weekday rhythm

Verified

Leading weekdays: Monday 3, Thursday 3, Tuesday 2. 5 public holidays fall on Tuesday or Thursday, creating likely bridge-day pressure around adjacent Mondays or Fridays.

Gap and cluster behavior

Verified

Longest quiet stretch: 57 days (Tue, Feb 2, 2027 → Wed, Mar 31, 2027). Longest cluster: 4 days (Sat, Sep 12, 2026 → Tue, Sep 15, 2026).

Month and type pattern

Verified

Public holidays cluster most strongly in December (3), May (2), September (2), January (1). Dataset type mix is led by 12 public entries. This is separate from legal closure strength; always confirm local substitution and sector rules.

Timezone context

Verified

Nicaragua has 1 mapped timezone anchored by America/Managua; mapped zones do not show a seasonal DST shift.

Curation and peers

Verified

0 curated holiday explainers are attached. 3 peer countries are used for regional comparison.

Travel handoff

Verified

No airport-country handoff is available; the strongest adjacent planning links are time, date-calculator, and countdown pages.

Substitution boundary

Boundary

2 public holidays land on weekends in the rolling window. Substitute weekdays are not invented unless they exist as source rows.

Practical use cases

Operational closure planning

Use the density, weekday rhythm, bridge-day, gap, and cluster signals to see when the calendar is likely to interrupt ordinary work weeks.

Travel and staffing

Pair the holiday calendar with the country time and airport-country pages before scheduling travel, support shifts, launches, or regional handoffs.

Cross-country comparison

Use the peer table to check whether a holiday-heavy week is specific to this country or part of a broader regional closure pattern.

Trust boundaries

Not legal advice: The page is a reference calendar. Regional, sector, employer, school, bank, and substitute-day rules may differ from the national rows shown here.
Heuristic classification: Religious/civic/cultural labels are generated from transparent keyword matching and should be treated as reading aids, not official taxonomy.

Cross-country comparison

Nicaragua versus regional peers

Peer countries are picked from the same continent (America) by holiday-name overlap with Nicaragua, then ranked by the strongest shared calendar fraction.

Country	Public holidays (next 12 mo)	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Nicaragua	12	3	2	0	3	2	1	1
Honduras	11	1	1	2	1	3	3	0
Guatemala	13	0	3	0	3	3	2	2
Peru	14	1	2	1	3	3	1	3

Compared with Honduras (11), Guatemala (13), Peru (14) across the same upcoming-12-month window, Nicaragua's 12-holiday count sits in the middle of the regional cluster.

Holiday planning depth

How to read the Nicaragua holiday calendar

The tables give the dates. These notes explain the coverage window, holiday mix, timezone context, and when a holiday earns a deeper explainer page.

Calendar density

Nicaragua has 12 tracked public holidays in the upcoming 12 months (2026-06 → 2027-06), and 12 entries in the following calendar year. Next public holiday signal: Liberation Day on Sun, Jul 19, 2026 (Sunday).

Religious vs civic vs cultural mix

Classification mix across the next 12 months: 2 religious, 3 civic, 2 cultural, 5 other (12 classified entries). The headline reading: a other-leaning calendar (Nicaragua weights toward other observances in the upcoming window).

Weekday rhythm

Weekday distribution skews to Monday 3, Thursday 3, and Tuesday 2, which controls long-weekend math for the year. Holidays falling on Tuesday or Thursday create the strongest long-weekend pull; Saturday/Sunday entries depend on whether Nicaragua grants a weekday substitution. 5 public holidays fall on Tuesday or Thursday, creating likely bridge-day pressure around adjacent Mondays or Fridays.

Quiet stretches

Longest holiday-free stretch is 57 days (Tue, Feb 2, 2027 → Wed, Mar 31, 2027) — useful for spotting the calmest planning window.

Holiday clusters

Longest consecutive-holiday cluster is 4 days (Sat, Sep 12, 2026 → Tue, Sep 15, 2026), counting weekends adjacent to public dates.

Peer-country comparison

Compared with Honduras (11), Guatemala (13), Peru (14) across the same upcoming-12-month window, Nicaragua's 12-holiday count sits in the middle of the regional cluster.

Timezone planning

Nicaragua plans closures around America/Managua. Nicaragua does not show a seasonal DST shift, so local clock anchors stay stable around holidays.

Curation depth

No curated explainer pages are attached yet for Nicaragua; the table is the canonical reference here.

Travel handoff

No airport-country handoff is attached, so the strongest adjacent links are city clocks and date calculators.

Substitution and source boundary

2 public holidays land on a weekend in the upcoming window. This table does not invent substitute weekdays; it follows the source holiday rows exposed for Nicaragua.

Calendar pattern notes

Dataset type mix is led by 12 public entries. This is separate from legal closure strength; always confirm local substitution and sector rules. Public holidays cluster most strongly in December (3), May (2), September (2), January (1).

Public-holiday practice can vary by region, sector, and employer. Use official government or workplace calendars for legal closure decisions.

Holiday calendar method

How we calculate this: We load the current and next-year holiday rows for NI, intersect them with the next 365 days, classify each public-holiday row with a transparent keyword heuristic (religious / civic / cultural / other), and derive the weekday distribution, longest holiday-free stretch, and longest consecutive-holiday cluster (counting weekends adjacent to public-holiday dates).
Data sources: Holiday rows from the curated holiday catalog (src/data/holidays.json); country roster, ISO NI, and timezones from src/data/countries.json; DST observance from the IANA tzdata mirror in src/data/zones.json. Peer-country selection uses same-continent overlap on the holiday-slug set.
Update cadence: Page revalidates daily (revalidate = 86400) so the year-pattern card, next-holiday signal, and peer-comparison counts stay current.

Frequently asked questions

Nicaragua holiday questions

How many public holidays does Nicaragua have in 2026?: Nicaragua has 12 public holidays in 2026.
How many public holidays does Nicaragua have in 2027?: Nicaragua has 12 public holidays in 2027.
What is the next public holiday in Nicaragua?: The next public holiday in Nicaragua is Liberation Day on Sun, Jul 19, 2026.
Are weekends counted as holidays in Nicaragua?: Saturday and Sunday are not listed as public holidays unless a national observance falls on that date. In the upcoming 12 months, 2 public holidays fall on a weekend in Nicaragua; whether a substitute weekday is granted depends on local statutory rules and is not encoded in this table.
Does Nicaragua observe daylight saving time?: Nicaragua does not observe a seasonal DST shift in its mapped timezone (America/Managua); local clock anchors stay stable around holidays.
Which kind of holiday is most common in Nicaragua?: Across the upcoming 12 months, Nicaragua weights toward other observances (5 of 12 classified public holidays). The classifier is keyword-based and the remainder break down as religious 2, civic 3, cultural 2, other 5.

Reference data for Nicaragua holidays

Reference fields include Nicaragua's ISO code, holiday names and dates, weekday distribution, peer-country comparison, and classification mix.

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Next Holiday

Liberation Day — Sun, Jul 19, 2026

Liberation Day

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16Min

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Timezones

America/Managua

2026 Holidays (12)

Date	Name	Status	Type
Thu, Jan 1, 2026	New Year's DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Past	Public
Sun, Feb 1, 2026	Air Force DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Past	Public
Thu, Apr 2, 2026	Holy ThursdayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Past	Public
Fri, May 1, 2026	Labour DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Past	Public
Wed, May 27, 2026	Army DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Past	Public
Sun, Jul 19, 2026	Liberation DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Mon, Sep 14, 2026	Battle of San JacintoCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Tue, Sep 15, 2026	Independence DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Mon, Oct 12, 2026	Indigenous Resistance DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Tue, Dec 8, 2026	Immaculate ConceptionCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Fri, Dec 25, 2026	Christmas DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Thu, Dec 31, 2026	New Year's EveCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public

2027 Holidays (12)

Date	Name	Status	Type
Fri, Jan 1, 2027	New Year's DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Mon, Feb 1, 2027	Air Force DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Thu, Apr 1, 2027	Holy ThursdayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Sat, May 1, 2027	Labour DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Thu, May 27, 2027	Army DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Mon, Jul 19, 2027	Liberation DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Tue, Sep 14, 2027	Battle of San JacintoCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Wed, Sep 15, 2027	Independence DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Tue, Oct 12, 2027	Indigenous Resistance DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Wed, Dec 8, 2027	Immaculate ConceptionCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Sat, Dec 25, 2027	Christmas DayCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public
Fri, Dec 31, 2027	New Year's EveCalendar entry onlyAnnual calendar only	Upcoming	Public

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Public holidays in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua across the next 12 months

What makes the Nicaragua calendar operationally different

Nicaragua holiday-calendar evidence

Route identity

Two-year coverage

Rolling public window

Next holiday

Classification mix

Weekday rhythm

Gap and cluster behavior

Month and type pattern

Timezone context

Curation and peers

Travel handoff

Substitution boundary

Operational closure planning

Travel and staffing

Cross-country comparison

Nicaragua versus regional peers

How to read the Nicaragua holiday calendar

Calendar density

Religious vs civic vs cultural mix

Weekday rhythm

Quiet stretches

Holiday clusters

Peer-country comparison

Timezone planning

Curation depth

Travel handoff

Substitution and source boundary

Calendar pattern notes

Nicaragua holiday questions

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Nicaragua holiday-calendar evidence

Route identity

Two-year coverage

Rolling public window

Next holiday

Classification mix

Weekday rhythm

Gap and cluster behavior

Month and type pattern

Timezone context

Curation and peers

Travel handoff

Substitution boundary

Operational closure planning

Travel and staffing

Cross-country comparison

Nicaragua versus regional peers

How to read the Nicaragua holiday calendar

Calendar density

Religious vs civic vs cultural mix

Weekday rhythm

Quiet stretches

Holiday clusters

Peer-country comparison

Timezone planning

Curation depth

Travel handoff

Substitution and source boundary

Calendar pattern notes

Nicaragua holiday questions

Popular Countdowns

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