Public Holidays in Buenos Aires
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Public Holidays in Buenos Aires

When organizing your trip to Buenos Aires, we recommend finding out if there will be any public holidays or festivals during your stay so you can plan for any celebrations or closures of museums and landmarks. 

Public holidays and festivals

  • New Year: 1 January.
  • Carnival Monday and Tuesday: variable dates.
  • Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice: 24 March. A public holiday held on the anniversary of the 1976 coup d'état commemorating the 30,000 victims of the Dirty War.
  • Good Friday: variable dates.
  • Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Falklands War (Malvinas Day): 2 April. A public holiday in commemoration of the soldiers who fought to keep the Falklands Islands in the territory of Argentina.
  • Worker's Day: 1 May.
  • The Anniversary of the First National Government: 25 May. Commemoration of the May Revolution that took place in Buenos Aires on 25 May 1810, which would begin the process of the emergence of the Argentine state.
  • Day of the National Flag: 20 June. Commemoration of the death of one of the main instigators of Argentina's independence and creator of the country's flag.
  • Independence Day: 9 July. Celebration of the independence of the Republic of Argentina 9 July 1816.
  • San Martin's Day: 17 August. A public holiday held on the anniversary of the death of General José de San Martín, whose military campaigns played a decisive role in the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
  • National Sovereignty Day: 20 November. Commemoration of the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, in which the Argentines managed to repel the attack from the Anglo-French army.
  • Day of the Immaculate Conception: 8 December.
  • Christmas: 25 December.
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