Portugal: public holidays in 2026
In 2026, Portugal has 13 public holidays. 9 fall on a weekday and 4 on a weekend (Easter Sunday, Freedom Day, Assumption Day and All Saints’ Day). That makes 9 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Thursday |
| Good Friday | April 3 | Friday |
| Easter Sunday | April 5 | Sunday |
| Freedom Day | April 25 | Saturday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Friday |
| Corpus Christi | June 4 | Thursday |
| Portugal Day | June 10 | Wednesday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Saturday |
| Republic Day | October 5 | Monday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Sunday |
| Restoration of Independence | December 1 | Tuesday |
| Immaculate Conception | December 8 | Tuesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Friday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
2026 has 4 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5: 3 days · Good Friday
- Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3: 3 days · Labor Day (May Day)
- Saturday, October 3 to Monday, October 5: 3 days · Republic Day
- Friday, December 25 to Sunday, December 27: 3 days · Christmas Day
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, January 2 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, January 1 to Sunday, January 4 · New Year’s Day
- Take Friday, June 5 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, June 4 to Sunday, June 7 · Corpus Christi
- Take Monday, November 30 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, November 28 to Tuesday, December 1 · Restoration of Independence
- Take Monday, December 7 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
- Take Monday, June 8 and Tuesday, June 9 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 10 · Portugal Day
- Take Thursday, June 11 and Friday, June 12 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, June 10 to Sunday, June 14 · Portugal Day
Holidays on a weekend
Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 5), Freedom Day (Saturday, April 25), Assumption Day (Saturday, August 15) and All Saints’ Day (Sunday, November 1) fall on a weekend in 2026. In Portugal a holiday that falls on a weekend is not moved.
Regional holidays in 2026
These days are holidays only in part of Portugal:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Azores Day | May 25 | Açores |
| St. Anthony (Lisbon) | June 13 | Lisboa |
| St. John (Porto) | June 24 | Porto |
| Madeira Day | July 1 | Madeira |
| St. Stephen’s Day | December 26 | Madeira |
Good to know
Portugal has 13 mandatory holidays under article 234 of the Labor Code. Four of them (Corpus Christi, October 5, November 1 and December 1) were suspended from 2013 to 2015 and restored in 2016. Carnival is not a mandatory holiday, though the government usually gives its staff the day off, and each municipality adds its own holiday.
2026 and 2027 compared
In 2027, Portugal has 13 public holidays, 8 of them on weekdays (Portugal 2027). With its holidays removed, 2026 counts 252 working days from Monday to Friday, against 253 in 2027: month by month in working days in Portugal 2026.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2026; and for the whole year on one page, the 2026 calendar.