Portugal: public holidays in 2027
In 2027, Portugal has 13 public holidays. 8 fall on a weekday and 5 on a weekend (Easter Sunday, Freedom Day, Labor Day (May Day), Assumption Day and Christmas Day). That makes 8 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Friday |
| Easter Sunday | March 28 | Sunday |
| Freedom Day | April 25 | Sunday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Saturday |
| Corpus Christi | May 27 | Thursday |
| Portugal Day | June 10 | Thursday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Sunday |
| Republic Day | October 5 | Tuesday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Monday |
| Restoration of Independence | December 1 | Wednesday |
| Immaculate Conception | December 8 | Wednesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2027
2027 has 3 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, January 1 to Sunday, January 3: 3 days · New Year’s Day
- Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28: 3 days · Good Friday
- Saturday, October 30 to Monday, November 1: 3 days · All Saints’ Day
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, May 28 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, May 27 to Sunday, May 30 · Corpus Christi
- Take Friday, June 11 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, June 10 to Sunday, June 13 · Portugal Day
- Take Monday, October 4 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, October 2 to Tuesday, October 5 · Republic Day
- Take Monday, November 29 and Tuesday, November 30 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, November 27 to Wednesday, December 1 · Restoration of Independence
- Take Thursday, December 2 and Friday, December 3 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, December 1 to Sunday, December 5 · Restoration of Independence
- Take Monday, December 6 and Tuesday, December 7 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Easter Sunday (Sunday, March 28), Freedom Day (Sunday, April 25), Labor Day (May Day) (Saturday, May 1), Assumption Day (Sunday, August 15) and Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) fall on a weekend in 2027. In Portugal a holiday that falls on a weekend is not moved.
Regional holidays in 2027
These days are holidays only in part of Portugal:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Azores Day | May 17 | 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.
2027 and 2026 compared
In 2026, Portugal has 13 public holidays, 9 of them on weekdays (Portugal 2026). With its holidays removed, 2027 counts 253 working days from Monday to Friday, against 252 in 2026: month by month in working days in Portugal 2027.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2027; and for the whole year on one page, the 2027 calendar.