{"id":243768,"date":"2025-11-06T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=243768"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:28:31","slug":"2026-public-holidays-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/11\/06\/2026-public-holidays-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 public holidays in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Public Holidays Law No. 139-97 mandates that certain public holidays that fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday be moved to the preceding Monday to create a long weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Labor released on 5 November 2025 the official list of holidays for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are:
January 1 (Thursday) New Year\u2019s Day.
January 6 (Tuesday) Epiphany Day). The day off is the previous 5 January, a Monday.
January 21 (Wednesday) Our Lady of Altagracia. It is a religious holiday and is not moved.
January 26 (Monday). Birth of founding father Juan Pablo Duarte. It is not moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 27 (Friday). National Independence Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 3 (Friday). Good Friday. Roman Catholic Church religious holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1 (Friday). Labor Day. Moved to Monday, 4 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 4 (Thursday). Corpus Christi. Roman Catholic. Church religious holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 16 (Sunday). Restoration Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 24 (Thursday). Our Lady of Mercedes. Roman Catholic. Church religious holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 6 (Friday). Constitution Day. Moved to Monday, 9 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 25 (Friday). Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floating and the fixed holidays that fall on a Friday or Monday will result in 7 long weekends (3 days each) in 2026:
January 3-5 (Monday Holiday): For Epiphany.
January 24-26 (Monday Holiday): Birth of Juan Pablo Duarte.
February 27 – March 1 (Friday Holiday): National Independence Day.
April 3-5 (Friday Holiday): Good Friday.
May 2-4 (Monday Holiday): For Labor Day.
November 7-9 (Monday Holiday): For Constitution Day.
December 25-27 (Friday Holiday): Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
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Public Holidays Law No. 139-97 mandates that certain public holidays that fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday be moved to the preceding Monday to create a long weekend. The Ministry of Labor released on 5 November 2025 the official list of holidays for 2026. These are:January 1 (Thursday) New Year\u2019s Day.January 6 (Tuesday) … <\/p>\n

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