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Best days to take off in 2028: Costa Rica

Tell us how many vacation days you have. We line them up with every public holiday and weekend on the Costa Rica calendar to give you the most time off.

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Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend; regional holidays are not included.

🇨🇷 Costa Rica · 2028

10 days → 34 off

Every vacation day becomes 3.4 days off

Your plan for 2028

vacation holiday weekend

Take 2 days: Mon, Apr 10 – Wed, Apr 12

9 days off · Sat, Apr 8 – Sun, Apr 16, 2028

Juan Santamaría Day · Maundy Thursday · Good Friday

Take 1 day: Fri, Apr 28

4 days off · Fri, Apr 28 – Mon, May 1, 2028

International Labor Day

Take 4 days: Mon, Jul 24 – Fri, Jul 28

9 days off · Sat, Jul 22 – Sun, Jul 30, 2028

Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica

Take 1 day: Mon, Aug 14

4 days off · Sat, Aug 12 – Tue, Aug 15, 2028

Mother's Day

Take 1 day: Thu, Sep 14

4 days off · Thu, Sep 14 – Sun, Sep 17, 2028

Independence Day

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 22

4 days off · Fri, Dec 22 – Mon, Dec 25, 2028

Christmas Day

National public holidays from official government sources, compiled through the open-source holidays dataset and reviewed by Glassyear. Last verified Monday, November 9, 2026. Data & methodology · Report a correction