Holiday Overlap
🇲🇽 Mexico Public Holidays 2026
Use this Mexico public holiday calendar to plan around national civic holidays, labor holidays, and periods that can affect government offices, banking, manufacturing, and travel.
Mexico Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for Mexico in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| Feb 2Monday | Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| Mar 16Monday | Benito Juárez's birthday (Natalicio de Benito Juárez) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Día del Trabajo) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| Sep 16Wednesday | Independence Day (Día de la Independencia) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| Nov 16Monday | Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Navidad) | No | National public holiday listed for Mexico |
How to Use This Mexico Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for nearshore operations, manufacturing calendars, travel planning, and Mexico-focused payroll. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare Mexico with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects Mexico and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
Mexico has a smaller set of mandatory national public holidays than many countries, but civic celebrations, school calendars, and regional events can still affect travel, banking, and local business availability.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare Mexico With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which Mexico public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.