Business hours in Chile are from 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. Between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. it is difficult to make any business contacts due to lunch breaks. Banks are only open from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on weekdays.
Chile has a number of national holidays. Banks are closed these days. If a holiday lands on a Tuesday, many Chileans take Monday off, turning a holiday into a four-day weekend. This practice is called the sandwich.
The national holidays are New Years (January 1), Good Friday (varies), Easter (varies), Labor Day (May 1), Navy Day (May 21), Corpu Christi (varies), St. Peter and St. Paul Day (June 29), Assumption (August 15), National Day of Reconciliation (first Monday in September), Independence Day (September 18), Armed Forces Day (September 19), Columbus Day (October 12), All Saints Day (November 1), Immaculate Conception (December 8) and Christmas (December 25).
Chile is four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) during the winter and three hours behind during the winter. Clocks change in September or October and March.
Chile has a number of national holidays. Banks are closed these days. If a holiday lands on a Tuesday, many Chileans take Monday off, turning a holiday into a four-day weekend. This practice is called the sandwich.
The national holidays are New Years (January 1), Good Friday (varies), Easter (varies), Labor Day (May 1), Navy Day (May 21), Corpu Christi (varies), St. Peter and St. Paul Day (June 29), Assumption (August 15), National Day of Reconciliation (first Monday in September), Independence Day (September 18), Armed Forces Day (September 19), Columbus Day (October 12), All Saints Day (November 1), Immaculate Conception (December 8) and Christmas (December 25).
Chile is four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) during the winter and three hours behind during the winter. Clocks change in September or October and March.