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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Peru

The list of Peru bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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15 Dec 2008 (Diario Oficial El Peruano) Peru's Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (PCM) has issued the decree DS Nº 082-2008-PCM fixing the list of 2009 adjoining and bridge public holidays to be taken by the Peruvian civil service. • 19 Nov 2008 (Cronica Viva-Lima) Peru's Minister of Labour, Jorge Villasante, has clarified the status of the upcoming, November 20-22, 2008, APEC Summit public holiday; all public services will run in "Sunday-mode" on these 3 days. • 11 Nov 2008 (Peru21-Lima) A bill has been introduced in Peru's Parliament which would make October 31, Reformation Day, a new paid public holiday (con carácter de feriado no laborable) for Evangelicals and Protestants (about 12% of the Peruvian population). • 23 Oct 2008 (Radio Onda Azul) Earlier today, the government of Peru's Province of San Román declared tomorrow, Friday, October 24, 2008, as a regional public holiday to coincide with the current 82nd anniversary of the founding of the Province of San Román. • 07 Feb 2008 (Reuters) The government of Peru, through the Decretos Supremos 007, 008, and 009-2008-PCM, has declared May 15-17 and November 20-22 as public holidays in the capital, Lima, and the Province of Callao (where the Lima International Airport, and Peru's main harbour are), on account of the EU/Latin America/Caribbean and APEC summits, respectively. • 03 Feb 2008 (La República) The 2008 APEC meeting will be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23, in Peru's capital, Lima. • 22 Sep 2007 (Pachamama Radio) The Governorship of the Province of San Román has decreed a public holiday on Monday, September 24, 2007, in the honour of the Virgen de la Mercedes, the patron saint of the city of Juliaca, near Lake Titicaca. • 20 Sep 2007 (El Regional de Piura) The Government of Peru is being pressed by the local tourism industry and business community to declare the list of 2008 adjacent and public holidays as soon as possible, considering that the list of 2007 adjacent and public holiday was already published in August 2006. • 10 Sep 2007 (Invertia + AFP) A Peruvian civil servant who will participate in the organization of the November 2008 APEC summit in Lima said that he would recommend declaring as public holidays the 2 days before the 2008 APEC summit. • 17 Aug 2007 (Radio New Zealand) The government in Peru has declared three days of national mourning, beginning on Thursday, August 16, for those who died in Wednesday night's massive earthquake. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Peru public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Adjacent Public Holidays: the Supreme Decree (Decreto Supremo) 055-2006-PCM of August 22, 2006, establishes that public sector workers are entitled to the day adjacent to a public holiday, as a day off, while making up the time in the following week. Private sector workers, subjest to a case-by-case negociation inside each company, are encouraged to do the same. The goal of this decree is to encourage internal tourism, through the multiplication of long holiday weekends. Note that the decree specifically only refers to December 7, in 2006, and specifies that it only otherwise concerns 2007 public holidays. It thus leaves open the question of whether this will be repeated in 2008 and beyond. Based on the date of the original decree, one can expect news concerning 2008, around the end of August 2007. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Peru central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Peru, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Peru, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Peru, before planning any trip to Peru. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.