Spain: public holidays in 2026
In 2026, Spain has 10 public holidays. 7 fall on a weekday and 3 on a weekend (Assumption Day, All Saints’ Day and Constitution Day). That makes 7 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Thursday |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | April 3 | Friday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Friday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Saturday |
| National Day of Spain | October 12 | Monday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Sunday |
| Constitution Day | December 6 | Sunday |
| 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 10 to Monday, October 12: 3 days · National Day of Spain
- 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 Monday, January 5 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, January 3 to Tuesday, January 6 · Epiphany
- Take Monday, December 7 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Assumption Day (Saturday, August 15), All Saints’ Day (Sunday, November 1) and Constitution Day (Sunday, December 6) fall on a weekend in 2026. When a national holiday falls on a Sunday, each autonomous community may move it to the Monday or replace it with another day; the regional table shows the communities that did.
Regional holidays in 2026
These days are holidays only in part of Spain:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Candelaria (Tenerife) | February 2 | Tenerife (Canarias) |
| Day of Andalusia | February 28 | Andalucía |
| Day of the Balearic Islands (observed) | March 2 | Illes Balears |
| St. Joseph’s Day | March 19 | Comunitat Valenciana, Galicia, Región de Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco |
| Eid al-Fitr | March 20 | Melilla |
| Holy Thursday | April 2 | Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Illes Balears, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Galicia, Comunidad de Madrid, Región de Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco, La Rioja, Ceuta, Melilla |
| Easter Monday | April 6 | Illes Balears, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Comunitat Valenciana, La Rioja, Navarra, País Vasco |
| St. George’s Day (Aragon) | April 23 | Aragón |
| Day of Castile and León | April 23 | Castilla y León |
| Day of the Community of Madrid | May 2 | Comunidad de Madrid |
| Eid al-Adha | May 27 | Ceuta, Melilla |
| Canary Islands Day | May 30 | Canarias |
| Corpus Christi | June 4 | Castilla-La Mancha |
| Day of the Region of Murcia | June 9 | Región de Murcia |
| Day of La Rioja | June 9 | La Rioja |
| Day of Aran | June 17 | Val d’Aran (Cataluña) |
| St. John’s Day | June 24 | Cataluña, Comunitat Valenciana, Galicia |
| Galicia Day (St. James) | July 25 | Galicia |
| St. James’ Day | July 25 | País Vasco |
| Day of the Institutions of Cantabria | July 28 | Cantabria |
| Our Lady of Africa | August 5 | Ceuta |
| Our Lady of the Snows (La Palma) | August 5 | La Palma (Canarias) |
| Day of Ceuta | September 2 | Ceuta |
| Day of Asturias | September 8 | Asturias |
| Day of Extremadura | September 8 | Extremadura |
| Our Lady of the Pine (Gran Canaria) | September 8 | Gran Canaria (Canarias) |
| National Day of Catalonia (Diada) | September 11 | Cataluña |
| Our Lady of Bien Aparecida | September 15 | Cantabria |
| Our Lady of the Volcanoes (Lanzarote) | September 15 | Lanzarote y La Graciosa (Canarias) |
| Our Lady of La Peña (Fuerteventura) | September 18 | Fuerteventura (Canarias) |
| Our Lady of the Kings (El Hierro) | September 24 | El Hierro (Canarias) |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Gomera) | October 5 | La Gomera (Canarias) |
| Day of the Valencian Community | October 9 | Comunitat Valenciana |
| All Saints’ Day (observed) | November 2 | Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Comunidad de Madrid, Extremadura, Navarra |
| Constitution Day (observed) | December 7 | Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Comunidad de Madrid, Extremadura, La Rioja, Melilla, Región de Murcia |
| St. Stephen’s Day | December 26 | Cataluña, Illes Balears |
Good to know
Spain has up to 14 paid holidays a year: the national ones, a few chosen by each autonomous community, and two local holidays set by each town. The Ministry of Labor publishes the full list every autumn in the BOE (Boletín Oficial del Estado), community by community.
2026 and 2027 compared
In 2027, Spain has 10 public holidays, 7 of them on weekdays (Spain 2027). With its holidays removed, 2026 counts 254 working days from Monday to Friday, against 254 in 2027: month by month in working days in Spain 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.