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National Holidays

January:

  • 1st - New Year's Day.
  • 6th - Epiphany

February/March/April

  • N/A - Carnival
  • N/A - Palm Sunday
  • N/A - Holy Thursday
  • N/A - Good Friday
  • N/A - Easter Sunday

May

  • 1st - Labour Day
  • 24th - Battle of Pichincha

June

  • N/A - Corpus Christi
  • 24th - Saint John the Baptist (Otavalo area only)
  • 29th - Saints Peter and Paul (Otavalo area only)

July

  • 24th - Simon Bolivar's Birthday
  • 25th - Founding of Guayaquil (Guayaquil area only)

August

  • 10th - Independence Day

September

  • 1st to 15th - Fiesta Del Yamor (Otavalo only)

October

  • 9th - Guayaquil's Independence Day (National Holiday)
  • 12th - Columbus Day

November

  • 1st - All Saint's Day
  • 2nd - All Soul's Day
  • 3rd - Cuenca Independence Day (Cuenca area only)

December

  • 6th - Founding of Quito (Quito area only)
  • 24th - Christmas Eve
  • 25th Christmas Day