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Día de los Difuntos in Ecuador

Día de los Difuntos falls on Monday 2 November 2026 in Ecuador. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2025 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Día de los Difuntos in Ecuador, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 2 November Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained
2026 2 November Monday long weekend
2027 2 November Tuesday one bridge day makes it four days
2028 2 November Thursday one bridge day makes it four days

4 of 4

  • 02 11 Día de los Difuntos Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 02 11 Día de los Difuntos Monday
  • 02 11 Día de los Difuntos Tuesday
  • 02 11 Día de los Difuntos Thursday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Día de los Difuntos keeps the same date, the weekday advances one step most years and two after a leap year. That walk is the whole story of how good a holiday year feels: the same day off is a long weekend one year and a lost Saturday another, and the difference is nothing but arithmetic.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar.

FAQ

When is Día de los Difuntos in Ecuador in 2026?

Monday, 2 November 2026.

Is Día de los Difuntos on the same date every year?

Yes — 2 November every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Día de los Difuntos make a long weekend?

2026 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2027 and 2028 one bridge day buys four days off.

All holidays in Ecuador: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028