Vacationers on the beach in San Bernardo, in a 2020 photograph. Carol Smiljan (Getty Images)
There will be 19 national holidays this year, the same number as in 2022. They highlight February, May, June and October as the best months to plan a vacation getaway, each with a four-day long weekend.
According to the current Law, holidays are classified into three: immovable holidays, those whose established date brings with it a suspension of work and educational activities on the same day;
transferable holidays, which are moved to the previous Monday (if it falls on a Tuesday or Wednesday) or the following (if it falls on a Thursday or Friday) to create a long weekend;
and holidays for tourist purposes, days set by the National Executive that coincide with Monday or Friday and are intended to promote recreation and tourism.
Calendar of holidays in Argentina 2023
January
Sunday January 1: New Year
February
Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 February: Carnival.
First long weekend of the year
March
Friday March 24: National Day for Truth and Justice
April
Sunday, April 2: Veteran's Day and those of the Fallen in the Malvinas War
Friday April 7: Good Friday
May
Monday May 1: Labor Day
Thursday May 25: Day of the May Revolution
Friday May 26: First holiday for tourist purposes, which joins May 25 to form the second long weekend (four days) of 2023
June
Saturday June 17: Passage to Immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes
Monday June 19: Second holiday for tourist purposes.
It joins with the next day to form the third bridge of four days of the year
Tuesday June 20: Passage to the Immortality of General Manuel Belgrano
July
Sunday July 9: Independence Day
August
Monday August 21: Passage to Immortality of General José de San Martín.
It is a transferable holiday from Thursday, August 17 to the following Monday.
October
Friday October 13: Third and last holiday of the year for tourist purposes
Monday October 16: Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity.
It is moved from Thursday, October 12 to the following Monday, giving shape to the last four-day weekend of the year.
November
Monday, November 20: National Sovereignty Day
December
Friday, December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Monday December 25: Christmas