New Year's Day
Año Nuevo
Details
- Country
Costa Rica- Scope
- Nationwide
- Type
- Public Holiday
- Gazetted
- Yes — official day off
- Month
- January 2026
Business Impact
- Impact Description
- Government offices, banks, schools, and most businesses are typically closed.
Notes
Official public holiday
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is New Year's Day a public holiday in Costa Rica?
- Yes, New Year's Day is an official public holiday in Costa Rica. Government offices, banks, and most businesses are typically closed.
- When is New Year's Day 2026?
- New Year's Day 2026 falls on January 1, 2026.
- What is New Year's Day called locally in Costa Rica?
- New Year's Day is locally known as "Año Nuevo" in Costa Rica.
New Year's Day
The first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with festivities in most countries.
| Country | Date | Day | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica(current) | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Maldives | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tajikistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turkmenistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iraq | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Macao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gabon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Wallis and Futuna | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Sudan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mayotte | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kosovo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nigeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guyana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malawi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Andorra | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Albania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belize | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Togo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 DR Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bulgaria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brazil | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Germany | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominican Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mali | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mauritania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Finland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guatemala | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gibraltar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Syria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 North Macedonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea-Bissau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chile | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ghana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hong Kong | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Honduras | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Rwanda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liechtenstein | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Armenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Azerbaijan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montserrat | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tanzania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lithuania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kazakhstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Namibia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lesotho | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Georgia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Latvia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Moldova | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Netherlands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Estonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malta | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mexico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belarus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Niger | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 New Zealand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Peru | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Papua New Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Argentina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Romania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uruguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Faroe Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Africa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Italy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Spain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greece | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Morocco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ukraine | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 China | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 France | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guernsey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cyprus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ireland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Grenada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Martinique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tunisia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iceland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ecuador | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Russia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sweden | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Australia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Kingdom | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Helena | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 American Samoa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cook Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burundi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cameroon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Barthelemy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bermuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahrain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liberia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Western Sahara | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Comoros | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Isle of Man | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Anguilla | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cayman Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guadeloupe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Eswatini | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Benin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Djibouti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Central African Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Equatorial Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Christmas Island | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Senegal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tonga | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovakia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sierra Leone | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chad | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Laos | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Curacao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 US Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greenland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Czechia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kuwait | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uzbekistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Falkland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Croatia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tokelau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United States | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Panama | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uganda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kenya | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jamaica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Suriname | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Seychelles | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nicaragua | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Somalia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Algeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sint Maarten | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cabo Verde | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sri Lanka | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Guiana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Madagascar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kyrgyzstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 British Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 North Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Puerto Rico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Full Closure |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jordan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Pakistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Martin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zimbabwe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Paraguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brunei | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bolivia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Angola | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahamas | Jan 2, 2026 | Fri | — |
 Ethiopia | Sep 11, 2026 | Fri | — |