Guatemala School Calendar 2023

The Ministry of Education of Guatemala has defined the following dates to commemorate historical events and important dates for the culture and history of Guatemala.

The chosen dates are significant for promoting good values and fostering a spirit of civic responsibility and love for the country among Guatemalan children.

Easter Week in Guatemala 2023

Easter Week or Holy Week begins on Sunday, April 2, and ends on Saturday, April 8, 2023.

JANUARY

January 1 – New Year’s Day, an official holiday in Guatemala
January 24 – International Day of Education
January 26 – World Environmental Education Day
January 27 – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 30 – World Non-Violence and Peace Day

FEBRUARY

February 11 – Safer Internet Day
February 11 – Day of the White Nun – National Flower of Guatemala
February 14 – Day of Friendship and Student Coexistence
February 20 – Day of the Marimba and Tecún Umán
February 21 – International Mother Language Day

MARCH

March 3 – World Wildlife Day
March 5 – Women’s Day from the Maya Cosmovision
March 8 – Day of La Ceiba
March 8 – International Women’s Day
March 13 – Day of Non-Violence Against Children
March 14 – International Day of Mathematics
March 15 – Waqxaqib’ B’atz’, beginning of the Cholq’ij cycle (Sacred Calendar)
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21 – International Day of Forests – World Forest Day
March 21 – Down Syndrome Day
March 22 – World Water Day
March 26 to 30 – Month of Wayeb’, in the Cholq’ij
March 27 – World Theatre Day
March 31 – Beginning of Cholab’, Rulers of Cholab’, 11 Kej (Agricultural or Solar Calendar)

APRIL

April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
April 6 – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 10 – Fair Play Day
April 14 – Day of the Americas
April 19 – Day of Cultural Diversity
April 22 – International Mother Earth Day
April 23 – International Book Day
April 29 – International Dance Day

MAY

May 1 – International Workers’ Day
May 7 – Day of the Enactment of the National Languages Law – Decree 19-2003
May 10 – Mother’s Day
May 15 – Family Day
May 17 – International Recycling Day
May 18 – International Museum Day
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity
May 22 – Tree Day
May 25 – World Challenge Day
May 30 – Popol Vuh Day
May 31 – Day of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala

JUNE

June 5 – World Environment Day
June 12 – World Day against Child Labour
June 17 – Father’s Day
June 25 – Teacher’s Day
June 30 – Army Day

JULY

July 25 – National Day of the Garifuna Woman

AUGUST

August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 12 – Youth Day
August 13 – International Day of Corn
August 17 – Flag Day
August 31 – Day of Dignifying the National Teaching Profession

SEPTEMBER

September 5 – International Day of Indigenous Women
September 5 – Quetzal Day – National Bird of Guatemala
September 15 – Independence Day of Guatemala
September 21 – International Day of Peace
September 23 – Day of the Guatemalan Sign Language

OCTOBER

October 1 – International Music Day
October 1 – Children’s Day
October 5 – World Teachers’ Day
October 8 – International Dyslexia Day
October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child
October 12 – Hispanic Day
October 13 – International Day for Disaster Reduction
October 15 – International Day of Rural Women
October 16 – World Food Day
October 18 – World Values Day
October 20 – Revolution of 1944
October 24 – National Anthem Day

NOVEMBER

November 1 – All Saints’ Day
November 25 – Rabinal Achí Day
November 26 – Garifuna Day

DECEMBER

December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 10 – Human Rights Day
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 31 – New Year’s Eve