Holiday Overlap
🇪🇸 Spain & 🇵🇹 Portugal — Overlapping Public Holidays 2026
Complete Holiday Calendar — Spain vs. Portugal
Every national public holiday in Spain and Portugal for 2026, sorted by date. Rows highlighted in green are observed in both countries.
Holiday data updated for 2026. Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.
| Date | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇵🇹 Portugal | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) | New Year's Day (Ano Novo) | ✓ Overlap |
| Jan 6Tuesday | Epiphany (Día de Reyes / Epifanía del Señor) | — | |
| Apr 3Friday | Good Friday (Viernes Santo) | Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa) | ✓ Overlap |
| Apr 5Sunday · Weekend | — | Easter Sunday (Domingo de Páscoa) | |
| Apr 25Saturday · Weekend | — | Freedom Day (Dia da Liberdade) | |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Fiesta del trabajo) | Labour Day (Dia do Trabalhador) | ✓ Overlap |
| Jun 4Thursday | — | Corpus Christi (Corpo de Deus) | |
| Jun 10Wednesday | — | National Day (Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas) | |
| Aug 15Saturday · Weekend | Assumption (Asunción) | Assumption Day (Assunção de Nossa Senhora) | ✓ Overlap |
| Oct 5Monday | — | Republic Day (Implantação da República) | |
| Oct 12Monday | National Day of Spain (Fiesta Nacional de España) | — | |
| Nov 1Sunday · Weekend | All Saints Day (Día de todos los Santos) | All Saints Day (Dia de Todos-os-Santos) | ✓ Overlap |
| Dec 1Tuesday | — | Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) | |
| Dec 6Sunday · Weekend | Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) | — | |
| Dec 8Tuesday | Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción) | Immaculate Conception (Imaculada Conceição) | ✓ Overlap |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Navidad) | Christmas Day (Natal) | ✓ Overlap |
Overlapping Holidays: Spain & Portugal in 2026
The following 7 dates are a public holiday in both Spain and Portugal in 2026:
- Thursday, January 1, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: New Year's Day · 🇵🇹 Portugal: New Year's Day
- Friday, April 3, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: Good Friday · 🇵🇹 Portugal: Good Friday
- Friday, May 1, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: Labour Day · 🇵🇹 Portugal: Labour Day
- Saturday, August 15, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: Assumption · 🇵🇹 Portugal: Assumption Day
- Sunday, November 1, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: All Saints Day · 🇵🇹 Portugal: All Saints Day
- Tuesday, December 8, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: Immaculate Conception · 🇵🇹 Portugal: Immaculate Conception
- Friday, December 25, 2026🇪🇸 Spain: Christmas Day · 🇵🇹 Portugal: Christmas Day
Planning Around Spain & Portugal Holidays
Spain and Portugal share the Iberian Peninsula and centuries of intertwined history. Both observe strong Catholic traditions in their holiday calendars, with common holidays including Epiphany, Good Friday, Assumption of Mary, All Saints' Day, and Immaculate Conception.
For Travelers
If you are traveling between Spain and Portugal, overlapping public holidays mean that services, attractions, and businesses on both ends of your trip may be closed or operating at reduced capacity. Knowing overlapping dates in advance helps you avoid unpleasant surprises — or lets you time your trip to experience a local holiday celebration.
Non-overlapping holidays matter just as much: a public holiday in your destination but not your home country may catch you off guard, with banks and government offices closed on what feels like an ordinary weekday.
For International Teams & Business
Spain's holiday calendar varies significantly by autonomous community — Catalonia, Andalusia, and Madrid each observe different regional holidays on top of national ones.
Overlapping public holidays are natural moments for system maintenance, team offsites, or no-deadline periods. Non-overlapping holidays require more care: one team is off while the other is working, which can create bottlenecks if not planned for in advance.
About Public Holidays in Spain
Spain observes 10 national public holidays in 2026, when most government offices, banks, and many businesses close nationwide. Use the year selector above to see exact dates for nearby years.
About Public Holidays in Portugal
Portugal observes 13 national public holidays in 2026. Precise observance dates may shift when holidays fall on weekends, and regional rules can vary, so always verify critical business or travel decisions with official local sources.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions. Compare a different pair →