Spain: public holidays in 2027
In 2027, Spain has 10 public holidays. 7 fall on a weekday and 3 on a weekend (Labor Day (May Day), Assumption Day and Christmas Day). That makes 7 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Wednesday |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Friday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Saturday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Sunday |
| National Day of Spain | October 12 | Tuesday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Monday |
| Constitution Day | December 6 | Monday |
| Immaculate Conception | December 8 | Wednesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2027
2027 has 4 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
- Saturday, December 4 to Monday, December 6: 3 days · Constitution Day
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Tuesday, December 7 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 8 · Constitution Day and Immaculate Conception
- Take Monday, October 11 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, October 9 to Tuesday, October 12 · National Day of Spain
- Take Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5 off: 6 days in a row, from Friday, January 1 to Wednesday, January 6 · New Year’s Day and Epiphany
- Take Thursday, January 7 and Friday, January 8 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, January 6 to Sunday, January 10 · Epiphany
- Take Thursday, December 9 and Friday, December 10 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, December 8 to Sunday, December 12 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Labor Day (May Day) (Saturday, May 1), Assumption Day (Sunday, August 15) and Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) fall on a weekend in 2027. 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 2027
These days are holidays only in part of Spain:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Candelaria (Tenerife) | February 2 | Tenerife (Canarias) |
| Day of Andalusia (observed) | March 1 | Andalucía |
| Day of the Balearic Islands | March 1 | Illes Balears |
| Eid al-Fitr | March 10 | Melilla |
| St. Joseph’s Day | March 19 | Galicia, Comunidad de Madrid, Región de Murcia, Navarra, Comunitat Valenciana |
| Holy Thursday | March 25 | 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 | March 29 | Illes Balears, Cataluña, Navarra, País Vasco, Comunitat Valenciana, La Rioja |
| St. George’s Day (Aragon) | April 23 | Aragón |
| Day of Castile and León | April 23 | Castilla y León |
| Galician Literature Day | May 17 | Galicia |
| Eid al-Adha | May 17 | Ceuta, Melilla |
| Corpus Christi | May 27 | Castilla-La Mancha |
| Day of Castile-La Mancha | May 31 | 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 |
| 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) |
| Assumption Day (observed) | August 16 | Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Canarias, Castilla y León, Comunidad de Madrid |
| 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 17 | Fuerteventura (Canarias) |
| Our Lady of the Kings (El Hierro) | September 24 | El Hierro (Canarias) |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Gomera) | October 4 | La Gomera (Canarias) |
| Anniversary of the first Basque Government | October 7 | País Vasco |
| Day of the Valencian Community | October 9 | Comunitat Valenciana |
| Assumption Day (observed) | October 11 | Extremadura |
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.
2027 and 2026 compared
In 2026, Spain has 10 public holidays, 7 of them on weekdays (Spain 2026). With its holidays removed, 2027 counts 254 working days from Monday to Friday, against 254 in 2026: month by month in working days in Spain 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.