Get Official Public Holidays in Mexico for a Given Year
Source:R/get_mexico_holidays.R
get_mexico_holidays.RdRetrieves the list of official public holidays in Mexico for a specific year using the Nager.Date public holidays API. This function returns a tibble containing the date of the holiday, the name in the local language (Spanish), and the English name. It is useful for academic, planning, and data analysis purposes. The information is retrieved directly from the Nager.Date API and reflects the current status of holidays for the requested year. The field names returned are consistent with the API structure.
Source
Data obtained from the Nager.Date API: https://date.nager.at/
Value
A tibble with the following columns:
date: Date of the holiday (classDate)local_name: Holiday name in the local language (Spanish)name: Holiday name in English
Examples
get_mexico_holidays(2024)
#> # A tibble: 10 × 3
#> date local_name name
#> <date> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024-01-01 Año Nuevo New Year's Day
#> 2 2024-02-05 Día de la Constitución Constitution Day
#> 3 2024-03-18 Natalicio de Benito Juárez Benito Juárez's birthday
#> 4 2024-03-28 Jueves Santo Maundy Thursday
#> 5 2024-03-29 Viernes Santo Good Friday
#> 6 2024-05-01 Día del Trabajo Labor Day
#> 7 2024-09-16 Día de la Independencia Independence Day
#> 8 2024-10-01 Transmisión del Poder Ejecutivo Federal Inauguration Day
#> 9 2024-11-18 Día de la Revolución Revolution Day
#> 10 2024-12-25 Navidad Christmas Day
get_mexico_holidays(2025)
#> # A tibble: 9 × 3
#> date local_name name
#> <date> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-01-01 Año Nuevo New Year's Day
#> 2 2025-02-03 Día de la Constitución Constitution Day
#> 3 2025-03-17 Natalicio de Benito Juárez Benito Juárez's birthday
#> 4 2025-04-17 Jueves Santo Maundy Thursday
#> 5 2025-04-18 Viernes Santo Good Friday
#> 6 2025-05-01 Día del Trabajo Labor Day
#> 7 2025-09-16 Día de la Independencia Independence Day
#> 8 2025-11-17 Día de la Revolución Revolution Day
#> 9 2025-12-25 Navidad Christmas Day