Current Date And Time In San Mateo, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
13:32:35 CST
State: Alajuela Province
Currency: Costa Rican Colón (CRC)
Timezone: UTC -06:00 (CST)
District: San Mateo
Find official public holiday dates and bank operating schedules for San Mateo. Stay informed on statutory non-working days for businesses, logistics, and offices in San Mateo.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in San Mateo align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Día de la Independencia de Costa Rica on September 15) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in San Mateo.
This is Costa Rica's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Costa Rica's country-level and Alajuela Province holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in San Mateo as anywhere else in Costa Rica.
◀ Showing upcoming public holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar toolbar to browse earlier dates this year.
These are Costa Rica's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Costa Rica's country and Alajuela Province holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in San Mateo just as everywhere else in Costa Rica.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Día de la Independencia de Costa Rica | September 15 | National Holiday | Full National Closure (Mandatory Paid Rest Day) | www.presidencia.go.cr |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Día de la Independencia de Costa Rica | Tue, Sep 15, 2026 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
San Mateo's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Costa Rica's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in San Mateo doesn't simply get skipped — Costa Rica's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
San Mateo runs on the America/Costa_Rica time zone, so statutory holidays here fall on the same local calendar date as the rest of Costa Rica — there's no cross-timezone shift to account for.