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Easter
El Salvador

Easter 2024, 2025 and 2026 in El Salvador

El Salvador celebrates Easter with three public holidays for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The Lenten season and all of Holy Week in El Salvador is observed in similar ways to the rest of Latin America.

YearDateDayHoliday
202428 MarThuMaundy Thursday
29 MarFriGood Friday
30 MarSatEaster Saturday
202517 AprThuMaundy Thursday
18 AprFriGood Friday
19 AprSatEaster Saturday
20262 AprThuMaundy Thursday
3 AprFriGood Friday
4 AprSatEaster Saturday
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

The 40-day period of Lent leads up to Easter Sunday, special Palm Sunday processions, masses on Good Friday, candlelight Easter vigils on Holy Saturday, and special services on Easter Sunday itself.

There is a procession on Easter Sunday after mass, but this is not the most distinctive aspect of El Salvadorean Holy Week. Instead, it is the alfombras or “street carpets”. These are colourful designs made out of coloured rice, sawdust, or flowers, that are laid down right in the street on Good Friday.

One of the best places to see the alfombras is in the city of Sonsonate, but you can find them in other locales as well. Youth are heavily involved in preparing the materials and in doing the “street art”, with religious and other Easter messages written in this manner on the streets.

Previous Years

YearDateDayHoliday
20236 AprThuMaundy Thursday
7 AprFriGood Friday
8 AprSatEaster Saturday
202214 AprThuMaundy Thursday
15 AprFriGood Friday
16 AprSatEaster Saturday
20211 AprThuMaundy Thursday
2 AprFriGood Friday
3 AprSatEaster Saturday
20209 AprThuMaundy Thursday
10 AprFriGood Friday
11 AprSatEaster Saturday
201918 AprThuMaundy Thursday
19 AprFriGood Friday
20 AprSatEaster Saturday
201829 MarThuMaundy Thursday
30 MarFriGood Friday
31 MarSatEaster Saturday
201713 AprThuMaundy Thursday
14 AprFriGood Friday
15 AprSatEaster Saturday