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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Mexico

The list of Mexico bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, 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 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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17 Apr 2010 (El Universal-Ciudad de México) Mexico's Senate has approved a bill that would move this year's Revolution Day public holiday from Monday, November 15 to Monday, November 22, 2010. • 22 Mar 2010 (NTR Zacatecas-México) The President of Mexico's Senate Committee on Legislative Review, Alejandro Zapata Perogordo, has announced that he would introduce new legislation to exceptionally observe this year's Revolution Day public holiday on Monday, November 22, 2010. • 12 Nov 2009 (El Universal-México City) Mexico's Senate Joint Committees For Labour And Legislative Review (Comisiones Unidas del Trabajo y de Estudios Legislativos) have flat-out rejected the Revolution Day public holiday bill, passed by the House of Deputies. • 10 Nov 2009 (Versión Estenográfica de la Sesión del Martes 10 de Noviembre-Cámara de Senadores) Although a formal vote in Mexico's Senate has not yet occurred, it would seem that the prevailing mood is one to reject the recent law passed by the Chamber of Deputies, which would create a double Revolution Day public holiday next week. • 08 Nov 2009 (Gaceta Parlamentaria de la Cámara de Diputados-Mexico City) Despite many conflicting news stories, appearing in the Mexican media this weekend, it now appears, that there will be only one Revolution Day public holiday in Mexico, this year, on Friday, November 20, as opposed to the previously scheduled date of Monday, November 16, 2009. • 06 Nov 2009 (Cámara de Diputados-Mexico City) Mexico's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has approved a bill creating a second celebration of the Revolution Day (Día de la Revolución) public holiday, on Friday, November 20, 2009, apparently in addition to the regularly scheduled public holiday on Monday, November 16, 2009. • 29 Oct 2009 (Contacto Digital-Mexico City) The Comisión de Trabajo y Previsión Social of Mexico's House of Deputies is to consider a bill that would change the date of the November Revolution Day public holiday, in 2010. • 04 Jul 2009 (Ensenada-Mexicali) Mexico's Secretary of Labour (Secretario del Trabajo y Previsión Social) has confirmed that the date of the upcoming legislative elections, Sunday, July 5, 2009, is a non-working public holiday. • 07 Jun 2009 (SDP Noticias-Mexico City) Legislators from Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, have presented a legislative proposal to the lower house's standing committee (Comisión Permanente de la Cámara de Diputados) to abrogate the 2006 changes to Article 74 of the Labour Code, which moved some public holidays to the nearest Monday. • 30 Apr 2009 (MSNBC-Mexico City) Mexico's Health Secretary, José Angel Córdova Villalobos, announced that nonessential federal government offices would be closed from May 1-5, and that all nonessential private businesses must also close for that period. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Mexico public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The law gorverning public holidays in Mexico is Article 74 of the Federal Labor Law (LFT) dating from 1970, as amended in January 2006 by the Decreto por el que se reforma el artículo 74 de Ley Federal del Trabajo (Diario Oficial, 2006-01-17, núm. 12, pág. 52). • Public holidays in Mexican labor law are divided into 2 categories: compulsory (días feriados obligatorios) and commonly granted (días feriados otorgados usualmente). In the above listing, holidays belonging to the second category are shown in grey, with the exception of the eve of Christmas and of the New Year which we have not included as they are rarely given . • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). However, some public holidays changed from a fixed date to the 1st or 3rd Monday of the month in 2006 and others followed in 2007 . • January 6: Día de los Santos Reyes or Epiphany is the day when Mexicans exchange Christmas presents. • Carnaval is a Mexican event that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Lent. Beginning the weekend before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated until Ash Wednesday. • Battle of Puebla is not a general public holiday, as per the "artículo 74 de la Ley Federal del Trabajo", but is included as a public sector holiday (Las dependencias y entidades de la Administración Pública Federal, cuyas. relaciones de trabajo se rijan por el Apartado B) del artículo 123 Constitucional) in the separate "Decreto por el que se reforma el Artículo Segundo del Decreto por el que se establece el Calendario Oficial". • May 10: Mother's Day, Due to the importance of the mother in Mexican culture, Mother's Day is an especially significant holiday. It is so important that it is a day off at the U.S. embassies in Mexico. • Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe (December 12) is not an official holiday, but its temple attracts over 24 million visitors a year and many employers give their workers the day off. In addition, one of our sources, at Banco de México has indicated that that day is also marked as the Día del Empleado Bancario (day of the bank employee). • Mexico International Codes MX and MEX (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mx (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Mexico information and news: Bank of Mexico (Mexico central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Mexico maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Mexico), and Wikipedia (includes Mexico commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Mexico, 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.

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 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Mexico, 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 Mexico, before planning any trip to Mexico. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.