Mexico Public Holidays in 2025
Mexico has a total of 43 holidays in 2025. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.
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| Holiday | Date | Details |
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| New Year's Day |
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | New Year’s Day, on January 1, is the first day of the year. |
| Day of the Holy Kings |
Monday, January 6, 2025 | The Day of the Holy Kings is a Christian celebration when children in Mexico receive gifts from the three wise men. |
| Candlemas |
Sunday, February 2, 2025 | Candlemas is also known as the Feast of Presentation of the Lord. It is on February 2 every year. |
| Constitution Day |
Monday, February 3, 2025 | Mexico’s Constitution Day is celebrated on the first Monday in February to commemorate the Constitution of 1917. |
| Valentine's Day |
Friday, February 14, 2025 | Valentine’s Day in Mexico is not just for romance – it is also a time to show an appreciation for friends. |
| Flag Day |
Monday, February 24, 2025 | Mexico’s Flag Day celebrates the national flag, which features vertical stripes of red, white and green with the national coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe. |
| Ash Wednesday |
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | Catholics in Mexico observe Ash Wednesday, which is the start of the Lenten fast that lasts for 40 days (excluding Sundays). |
| Benito Juárez's Birthday Memorial |
Monday, March 17, 2025 | Benito Juárez Day (Natalicio de Benito Juárez) is a national holiday in Mexico to honor the birthday of one the country’s greatest presidents. |
| Oil Expropriation Day |
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | Oil Expropriation Day serves as a national reminder of when Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas proclaimed the expropriation of all mineral and oil reserves in Mexico. |
| March Equinox |
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | March Equinox in Mexico (Mexico City) |
| Benito Juárez's Birthday Memorial |
Friday, March 21, 2025 | Benito Juárez Day (Natalicio de Benito Juárez) is a national holiday in Mexico to honor the birthday of one the country’s greatest presidents. |
| Palm Sunday |
Sunday, April 13, 2025 | Christians in Mexico celebrate Palm Sunday, which honors Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. |
| Maundy Thursday |
Thursday, April 17, 2025 | Mexicans observe Maundy Thursday as part of Holy Week (Semana Santa), which commemorates Jesus’ last moments of life, his death, and resurrection. |
| Good Friday |
Friday, April 18, 2025 | Mexicans observe Good Friday as the day Jesus died on the cross about 2000 years ago. |
| Holy Saturday |
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | Mexicans observe Holy Saturday as part of Holy Week (Semana Santa), which commemorates Jesus’ last moments of life, his death, and resurrection. |
| Easter Sunday |
Sunday, April 20, 2025 | Easter Sunday is one of the most festive occasions of the year in Mexico – it celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection. |
| Children's Day |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Children’s Day is a Mexican observance that honors and appreciates children. |
| Labor Day / May Day |
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Mexico’s Labor Day is celebrated as a day off work and school on the first day of May. |
| Battle of Puebla (Cinco de Mayo) |
Monday, May 5, 2025 | Cinco de Mayo is an annual government and school holiday dedicated to the Mexican army’s victory of the Battle of Puebla. |
| Mothers' Day |
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | Many Mexicans celebrate Mothers’ Day as a festive family event in which mothers are given cards, flowers, and presents. |
| Teacher's Day |
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | Teachers’ Appreciation Day is a festive event to honor teachers and other education workers in Mexico. |
| Ascension Day |
Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Churches in Mexico commemorate the story of Jesus rising to heaven on Ascension Day. |
| Whit Sunday |
Sunday, June 8, 2025 | Whitsunday is a Christian holiday commemorating the story of the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus’ disciples. It is also known as Pentecost. |
| Fathers' Day |
Sunday, June 15, 2025 | Fathers and father figures receive cards, chocolates, and other presents on Fathers’ Day in Mexico. |
| Corpus Christi |
Thursday, June 19, 2025 | Churches throughout Mexico celebrate the Holy Eucharist, or the communion of bread and wine, during Corpus Christi. |
| June Solstice |
Saturday, June 21, 2025 | June Solstice in Mexico (Mexico City) |
| Assumption of Mary |
Friday, August 15, 2025 | Catholic churches in Mexico celebrate the Assumption of Mary to honor the belief of the Virgin Mary’s departure from earth to heaven. |
| Shout of Dolores |
Monday, September 15, 2025 | The day of the Cry of Dolores is an important event leading up to Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations. |
| Independence Day |
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | Mexico’s Independence Day is a nationwide public holiday to celebrate the country’s freedom from Spanish rule. |
| September Equinox |
Monday, September 22, 2025 | September Equinox in Mexico (Mexico City) |
| Day of Race |
Sunday, October 12, 2025 | Columbus Day is celebrated in Mexico in honor of an Italian explorer who came to the Americas during the 15th century. |
| Halloween |
Friday, October 31, 2025 | Halloween is celebrated in Mexico on the last day of October, the day before All Saints’ Day. |
| All Saints' Day |
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | All Saints’ Day is a religious observance in Mexico on November 1 to remember all the saints in the Catholic Church. |
| All Souls' Day |
Sunday, November 2, 2025 | All Souls’ Day, popularly known as the Day of the Dead, is a bank holiday in Mexico to remember deceased relatives and friends on November 2. |
| Revolution Day Memorial |
Monday, November 17, 2025 | Revolution Day is held on the third Monday in November to commemorate the start of the Mexican revolution to overthrow the Porfirio Diaz dictatorship in 1910. |
| Christ the King Day |
Sunday, November 23, 2025 | Christ the King Day is a Christian observance that recognizes Jesus’ power and authority in the Christian church. |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
Monday, December 8, 2025 | Catholics in Mexico observe the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to honor the idea that the Virgin Mary’s conception was pure and faultless. |
| Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
Friday, December 12, 2025 | One of the most celebrated days in the Mexican calendar is the Day of Our Lady Guadalupe, which commemorates the belief that Jesus’ mother appeared in Mexico in 1531. |
| December Solstice |
Sunday, December 21, 2025 | December Solstice in Mexico (Mexico City) |
| Christmas Eve |
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 | Most Mexicans celebrate Christmas Eve on December 24 by attending church masses, visiting family and friends, and enjoying special Christmas dinners. |
| Christmas Day |
Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Christmas Day is a public holiday across Mexico to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. |
| Day of the Holy Innocents |
Sunday, December 28, 2025 | The Catholic Church in Mexico observes the Day of the Holy Innocents in memory of when male babies in Bethlehem were executed by Herod’s orders. |
| New Year's Eve |
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 | New Year’s Eve, on December 31, is the last day of the year. |
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