No — today is not a public holiday in Chile

How to tell if today is a public holiday in Chile

Chile recognises about seventeen feriados legales under Law 19.973 of 2004 and subsequent amendments, alongside dates fixed by separate statutes. The list includes New Year's Day, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Labour Day on 1 May, Navy Day on 21 May commemorating the 1879 Battle of Iquique, Saint Peter and Saint Paul on 29 June, Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 16 July (patroness of the armed forces), Assumption on 15 August, Independence Day on 18 September and Glories of the Army on 19 September together forming the Fiestas Patrias, Day of the Encounter of Two Worlds on 12 October, Day of the Evangelical Churches, All Saints' Day, Immaculate Conception, Christmas Day and Plebiscite Day where applicable.

That structure is why a simple "is it a holiday today" answer for Chile is more nuanced than a single yes or no. A date can be a public holiday at the national level, a regional one observed only in certain states or provinces, or a banking holiday that closes financial settlement without closing every employer. The status shown above reflects the nationally recognised public holiday list for Chile; if you are in a specific region, check the full calendar for the local additions that do not appear on the national list.

Working days and the holiday calendar in Chile

The Código del Trabajo article 22 sets the standard private-sector week at 44 hours over five or six days, reduced from 45 by Law 21.561 of 2023 phased in through 2028. The standard private-sector office and banking week is Monday to Friday with Sunday as the statutory weekly rest day under article 35. The Civil Procedure Code (Código de Procedimiento Civil) article 66 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a feriado to the next día hábil. Settlement of Chilean peso transactions runs on the Banco Central de Chile's LBTR RTGS system and the ComBanc clearing house, which observe the seventeen-day national holiday list.

Right now there is about 1 full working day between today and National Day of Indigenous Peoples, counting Monday to Friday and skipping any other public holidays in between. If you are scheduling a deliverable, a delivery, or a meeting that depends on people being at their desks in Chile, that is the realistic window you have before the next closure.

For cross-border planning, overlay the Chile calendar with the calendars of the other countries your team works with. A week that looks completely open from your side can be a national holiday on theirs, and the clash only shows up when you compare the two side by side. The full holiday page links into a country-by-country comparison so you can spot the weeks where almost nobody is at their desk before you commit to a date.

Holiday dates are compiled from Nager.Date and the national sources listed above. Regional and substitute-day rules vary; for legal deadlines, confirm the observed date with the relevant official calendar for Chile.