Current Date And Time In Salto Department, Uruguay
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
08:57:15 UYT
Capital: Salto
Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
Timezone: UTC -03:00 (UYT)
Population: 123,793
Area: 14,011.93 km²
State Code: SA
Planning business schedules or travel in Salto Department, Uruguay? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Salto Department, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Salto Department align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Salto Department, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Declaratoria de la Independencia on August 25) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Uruguay's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Uruguay's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Salto Department and the rest of Uruguay, not a separate Salto Department-specific calendar.
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These are Uruguay's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Uruguay's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Uruguay, including Salto Department. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declaratoria de la Independencia | August 25 | Feriado Pago No Laborable (Non-Working Paid Holiday) | Full National Closure (Mandatory Statutory Paid Leave) | www.gub.uy |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Declaratoria de la Independencia | Tue, Aug 25, 2026 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Salto Department close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Uruguay are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Salto Department, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Salto Department's capital, Salto observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Salto Department.