Easter 2023, 2024 and 2025 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.

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2023	6 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	7 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	8 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2024	28 Mar	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	29 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
	30 Mar	Sat	Easter Saturday
2025	17 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	18 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	19 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2026	2 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	4 Apr	Sat	Easter 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

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2022	14 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	15 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	16 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2021	1 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	2 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	3 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2020	9 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	10 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	11 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2019	18 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	19 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	20 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday
2018	29 Mar	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	30 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
	31 Mar	Sat	Easter Saturday
2017	13 Apr	Thu	Maundy Thursday
	14 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
	15 Apr	Sat	Easter Saturday