Holidays

Public holidays of Uruguay, computed from the law. Choose the year.

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 1	Sat	New Year's Day	Paid, non-working
Jan 6	Thu	Epiphany (Children's Day)	Working
Feb 28	Mon	Carnival	Working
Mar 1	Tue	Carnival	Working
Apr 11	Mon	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 12	Tue	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 13	Wed	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 14	Thu	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 15	Fri	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 16	Sat	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 17	Sun	Tourism WeekNot confirmed by an official source	Working
Apr 18	Mon	Landing of the 33 OrientalsMoved from Apr 19	Working
May 1	Sun	Labour Day	Paid, non-working
May 16	Mon	Battle of Las PiedrasMoved from May 18	Working
Jun 19	Sun	Birth of Artigas	Working
Jul 18	Mon	Constitution Day	Paid, non-working
Aug 25	Thu	Independence Day	Paid, non-working
Oct 10	Mon	Day of the Race (Columbus Day)Moved from Oct 12	Working
Nov 2	Wed	All Souls' Day	Working
Dec 25	Sun	Christmas Day	Paid, non-working

Source: Ley 12.590, Ley 16.805 (with Ley 17.414) and the Ministry of Labour (MTSS). Computed from the law and reviewed periodically.

Updated: Oct 22, 2026, 9:00 PM

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What each field means

There is no official yearly list to download, so each date is computed with the rules of the law and keeps its legal basis. The explanations are mine.

API field	Explanation
date	Day on which the holiday is observed.
name_es / name_en	Name of the holiday in Spanish and in English.
type	paid_non_working: paid and non-working. working: working day.
category	fixed (not moved), movable (moved to a Monday), carnival, tourism_week or inauguration.
original_date	Day it falls on by its anniversary, if it was moved to another day. Otherwise null.
legal_basis	Law or rule the date is based on.
confirmed	false when the way of counting has no official source we could read (Tourism Week).
country	Country. Only uy for now.

Good to know

Paid, non-working (Ley 12.590, art. 18): the worker is paid for the day even if they do not work and, if they do, gets double pay. They are 1 January, 1 May, 18 July, 25 August and 25 December. On working holidays the employer may require work; collective agreements can change the conditions.
Holidays declared by law that fall on a Tuesday or Wednesday move to the previous Monday, and those that fall on a Thursday or Friday move to the next Monday (Ley 16.805). Not moved: Carnival, Tourism Week, 1 and 6 January, 1 May, 19 June, 18 July, 25 August, 2 November and 25 December.
The law names Tourism Week but does not say which days it has. It is shown from Monday to Sunday of Easter week, as reported by the press, and marked as not confirmed.
1 March is a non-working holiday the year the president takes office (2020, 2025, 2030).
One day can have more than one holiday: 19 April 2025 fell inside Tourism Week.
It does not include one-year holidays (for example, a census day) or those of a sector or agreement. If one is missing, contact me from the author page.

Use this data in your systems

The API is public and free: it returns the holidays in JSON format, with no sign-up.

import requests

URL = "https://apitool.techspot365.com/api/v1/holidays"

# Paid, non-working holidays of 2026
response = requests.get(
    URL,
    params={"year": 2026, "type": "paid_non_working"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
result = response.json()

for holiday in result["data"]:
    print(holiday["date"], holiday["name_es"])

Parameters: year (a whole year), or from and to (YYYY-MM-DD, up to about 10 years); type (paid_non_working or working) and country (only uy for now). Without parameters, it returns the current year.
Limit: 300 requests per hour per IP.
Errors: 400 if a parameter is not valid and 429 if you go over the request limit.
Power BI: in Get data > Blank query > Advanced editor, paste the code and choose Anonymous access.