Public holidays in Nicaragua

!Date

!English Name

!Remarks

| New Year's Day{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Nicaragua in 2019 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/nicaragua/2019#:~:text=List%20of%20Holidays%20in%20Nicaragua%20in%202019%20,%20Government%20only%20%2010%20more%20rows%20 |website=Office Holidays |access-date=August 25, 2020 |language=en}}

| Many Nicaraguans celebrate New Year's Day with their families, although it is usual to celebrate it with your friends in a bar or in a party too.

| Air Force Day

| Held on 1 February in honor of the nation's air force. (Celebrated only governmentally)

| Holy Thursday

| The Last Supper of Jesus, national holiday

|Good Friday

|The Crucifixion of Jesus, national holiday

|Easter

|Resurrection of Jesus, national holiday

|Workers' Day|Labour Day

|Celebrated nationally on the first of May.

| Mother's Day

| Held on May 30 in honor of Nicaragua's mother. (Celebrated only governmentally)

| Sandinista Revolution Day{{cite web |title=The Sandinista Revolution Day in Nicaragua in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/nicaragua/the-sandinista-revolution-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=August 25, 2020 |language=en}}

| Celebrated on 19 July on a national level. It marks the day that the Nicaraguan Revolution defeated the Somoza dictatorship in the Nicaraguan Revolution. In recent years it is mostly a political celebration for members of the Nicaraguan Revolution.

| Fiesta de Santiago

| Celebrated on July 25 in Boaco, Somoto and Managua.

| Fiesta de Santa Ana

| Celebrated on July 26 in Nandaime, Niquinohomo, Moyogalpa and Ometepe.

| Fiesta de Santo Domingo

| Managuans celebrate Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Patron saint)

| Crab Soup Day

| Residents of the Corn Islands celebrate Abolition of slavery of the Corn Islands

| Battle of San Jacinto{{cite web |title=Battle of San Jacinto around the world in 2020 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/battle-of-san-jacinto |website=Office Holidays |access-date=August 25, 2020 |language=en}}

| Celebrated on the national level. It is held on the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto (1856).

| Independence Day

| A national holiday held on September 15 to celebrate Act of Independence of Central America from Spain in 1821.

|Fiesta de San Jerónimo

|Catholics of the cities of Masaya and Bluefields celebrate Saint Jerome.

| Indigenous Resistance Day

| Formerly Columbus Day; Highlights the struggle of native peoples against European colonialism.{{cite news | title=Nicaragua: No More Columbus Day | url =http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B314127EA-78B4-4889-B3A5-C18D23562553%7D&language=EN | work =Prensa Latina | access-date = 2007-10-17 }}October 12 was formerly Columbus Day but will no longer be observed. President Daniel Ortega and his government have renamed the day "Indigenous Resistance Day" and will be observed as of 2008.

|All Souls' Day
Day of the Dead

|Nicaraguans commemorate their deceased relatives by going to the cemeteries to leave flowers and pray to the graves of their relatives.

|Immaculate Conception
(La Griteria Immaculate)

| In the night of December 7, Catholics of Nicaragua celebrate La Gritería, a holiday dedicated to Immaculate Conception, the patroness of the country, and on December 8 they usually go to Mass.

|Christmas Eve

|Nicaraguans usually reunite with their family and wait until it is Christmas. You can hear fireworks through all the night.

| Christmas

| Celebrated internationally.

| New Year's Eve

| At 12am Nicaraguans celebrate with fireworks (Spanish: pólvoras, cohetes).