Events Country February 18, 2025

Holidays in Argentina: Celebrations and Days of Rest

This Wednesday, February 18, is a holiday in Indio Rico, Buenos Aires, celebrating a new founding anniversary. A day of rest for municipal and banking employees.


Holidays in Argentina: Celebrations and Days of Rest

José de San Martín, Sunday, October 12: Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity; Friday, November 21: Non-working day for tourism purposes; Monday, November 24: National Sovereignty Day (moved from 11/20); Monday, December 8: Immaculate Conception of Mary; Thursday, December 25: Christmas; Manuel Belgrano.

Wednesday, July 9: Independence Day; Friday, August 15: Non-working day for tourism purposes; Monday, August 17: Transition to Immortality of General. A large number of Argentines enjoy this Wednesday, February 19, an unexpected extra holiday, breaking the workweek.

The holiday this Wednesday, February 18, is celebrated in the town of Indio Rico, in the district of Coronel Pringles, located in the province of Buenos Aires, in commemoration of a new founding anniversary. This festive day is for municipal and banking employees, being optional for other activities and left to the employers' discretion.

For the next long weekend in Argentina, it will be necessary to wait until Carnival in 2025, which, by government decision, will be celebrated in March on Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th, forming a long weekend of four days when added to Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd.

The holiday calendar for 2025 in Argentina includes Wednesday, January 1 as New Year's Day; Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 as Carnival; Monday, March 24 as National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice; Wednesday, April 2 as Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Falklands War; Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19 as Holy Week; Thursday, May 1 as Labor Day; Friday, May 2 as Non-working day for tourism purposes; Sunday, May 25 as Day of the May Revolution; Monday, June 16 as Transition to Immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (moved from 6/17); Friday, June 20 as Transition to Immortality of the General.