Public holidays in Venezuela 2026
15 national public holidays in Venezuela in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Christmas Eve on 24 December (Thursday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 16 February | Monday | Carnival |
| 17 February | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday |
| 2 April | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 5 April | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 19 April | Sunday | Declaration of Independence |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day |
| 24 June | Wednesday | Battle of Carabobo |
| 5 July | Sunday | Independence Day |
| 24 July | Friday | Birthday of Simón Bolívar |
| 12 October | Monday | Day of Indigenous Resistance |
| 24 December | Thursday | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 31 December | Thursday | New Year's Eve |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 6 January · Epiphany (observance)
- 15 January · Teacher's Day (optional)
- 19 March · Saint Joseph (observance)
- 30 March · Holy Week (observance)
- 3 August · Flag Day (observance)
- 11 September · Our Lady of Coromoto (observance)
- 1 November · All Saints' Day (observance)
- 2 November · All Souls' Day (observance)
- 8 December · Immaculate Conception (observance)
- 10 December · Venezuelan Air Force Day (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Venezuela. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=B for Anzoátegui. Regions: Anzoátegui, Carabobo, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Táchira, Zulia.
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 Venezuela, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=VE&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"