Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Brazil 2026
Brazil has 10 public holidays in 2026: 9 on working days and 1 on a weekend. The next one is Our Lady of Aparecida on Monday, October 12, 2026, in 14 days. 24 states add or change dates of their own: see by state.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Brazil
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 9 of the 10 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 1 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 9 of the 10 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 1 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Friday, with 4 dates.
Seven of the 10 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Good Friday on Friday, April 3, Worker's Day on Friday, May 1, Independence Day on Monday, September 7, Our Lady of Aparecida on Monday, October 12, All Souls' Day on Monday, November 2, National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness on Friday, November 20, and 1 more. Two more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: Universal Fraternization Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off) and Tiradentes' Day on Tuesday, April 21 (take Monday off).
November is the busiest month, with 3 holiday dates. Five months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, July and August). The longest stretch between two holidays is 129 days, from Worker's Day on May 1 to Independence Day on September 7, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 10 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 7 of the 10 dates fall on a working day, and 3 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Brazil
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Universal Fraternization Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Tuesday | Tiradentes' Day | |
| Friday | Worker's Day | |
| Monday | Independence Day | |
| MondayNext | Our Lady of Aparecida | |
| Monday | All Souls' Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Republic Proclamation Day | |
| Friday | National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness | |
| Friday | Christmas Day |
2027 public holidays in Brazil
10 holidays on 10 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | Universal Fraternization Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Wednesday | Tiradentes' Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Worker's Day | |
| Tuesday | Independence Day | |
| Tuesday | Our Lady of Aparecida | |
| Tuesday | All Souls' Day | |
| Monday | Republic Proclamation Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day |
By state: regional public holidays 2026
24 of the 27 states add dates of their own to the national 2026 list. Acre has the most, with 4 extra dates beyond the national calendar. Each card lists only what differs from the national list above: extra 2026 dates, dates on that list the state does not observe, and holidays kept on the same date under a local name.
Acre
| January 23, Fri | Evangelical Day |
| March 8, Sun | International Women's Day |
| June 15, Mon | Founding of Acre |
| September 5, Sat | Amazonia Day |
Alagoas
| June 24, Wed | Saint John's Day |
| June 29, Mon | Saint Peter's Day |
| September 16, Wed | Political Emancipation of Alagoas |
| November 30, Mon | Evangelical Day |
Amapá
| March 19, Thu | Saint Joseph's Day |
| July 25, Sat | Saint James' Day |
| September 13, Sun | Creation of the Federal Territory |
Amazonas
| September 5, Sat | Elevation of Amazonas to province |
Bahia
| July 2, Thu | Bahia Independence Day |
Ceará
| March 19, Thu | Saint Joseph's Day |
| March 25, Wed | Abolition of slavery in Ceará |
| August 15, Sat | Our Lady of Assumption |
Distrito Federal
| November 30, Mon | Evangelical Day |
Espírito Santo
| April 13, Mon | Our Lady of Penha |
Goiás
| July 26, Sun | Foundation of Goiás city |
| October 24, Sat | Foundation of Goiânia |
Maranhão
| July 28, Tue | Maranhão joining to independence of Brazil |
Mato Grosso do Sul
| October 11, Sun | State Creation Day |
Paraíba
| August 5, Wed | State Founding Day |
Pará
| August 15, Sat | Grão-Pará joining to independence of Brazil |
Pernambuco
| March 6, Fri | Pernambuco Revolution of 1817 |
Piauí
| October 19, Mon | Piauí Day |
Rio de Janeiro
| February 17, Tue | Carnival |
| April 23, Thu | Saint George's Day |
Rio Grande do Norte
| August 7, Fri | Rio Grande do Norte Day |
| October 3, Sat | Uruaçu and Cunhaú Martyrs Day |
Rio Grande do Sul
| September 20, Sun | Gaucho Day |
Rondônia
| January 4, Sun | State Creation Day |
| June 18, Thu | Evangelical Day |
Roraima
| October 5, Mon | State Creation Day |
Santa Catarina
| August 16, Sun | Santa Catarina State Day |
| November 29, Sun | Saint Catherine of Alexandria Day |
Sergipe
| July 8, Wed | Sergipe Political Emancipation Day |
São Paulo
| July 9, Thu | Constitutionalist Revolution |
Tocantins
| March 18, Wed | Autonomy Day |
| September 8, Tue | Our Lady of Nativity |
| October 5, Mon | State Creation Day |
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