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General Information
Working / Business Schedule
Government offices:
Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 15:30
Banks:
Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 and
14:00 to 17:00 – Saturday from 8:00 to 12:00
Industry:
Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 12:00 and
13:00 to 17:30 – Saturday from 8:00 to 12:00
Commerce:
Monday throughSunday from10:00 to20:00
Supermarkets:
from 8:30 to 20:00
ATTENTION
Outside the city of San Salvador it
is normal for businesses to close at
6:00 p.m. Some stores maintain the
industry timetable. The warehouses
timetable is from Monday through to Saturday and
Sunday morning.
Holidays
Salvadoran administration concentrates its manda-
tory vacations by closing for one week during Holy
Week, one week at beginning of August (August
Festival), and almost two weeks at Christmas.
The rest of the working population has a 14-day
annual vacation that corresponds to the same dates.
January 1st – New Year
Variable – Holy Week
May 1st – International Labor Day
August 3 - 6 – Divino Salvador del Mundo
(Local Festivals)
September 15th – Independence Day
November 2nd – All Souls Day
December 25th – Christmas Day
SCHEDULES AND HOLIDAYS
Benjamin is gladly accepted everywhere