Public holidays in Brazil 2026
12 national public holidays in Brazil in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Election Day on 25 October (Sunday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 21 April | Tuesday | Tiradentes' Day |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day |
| 7 September | Monday | Independence Day |
| 4 October | Sunday | Election Day |
| 12 October | Monday | Our Lady of Aparecida |
| 25 October | Sunday | Election Day |
| 2 November | Monday | All Souls' Day |
| 15 November | Sunday | Republic Day |
| 20 November | Friday | Black Awareness Day |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 14 February · Carnival (optional)
- 5 April · Easter Sunday (observance)
- 10 May · Mother's Day (observance)
- 4 June · Corpus Christi (optional)
- 12 June · Lovers' Day (observance)
- 9 August · Father's Day (observance)
- 24 December · Christmas Eve (optional)
- 31 December · New Year's Eve (optional)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Brazil. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=AC for Acre. Regions: Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Roraima, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sergipe, São Paulo, Tocantins.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in Brazil, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=BR&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"