Holiday Overlap
🇧🇷 Brazil Public Holidays 2026
Use this Brazil public holiday calendar to plan around national holidays and periods of reduced availability. Brazil-specific planning should pay close attention to Carnival season, regional holidays, and city-level observances.
Brazil Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for Brazil in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day (Confraternização Universal) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Apr 3Friday | Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Apr 5Sunday | Easter Sunday (Domingo de Páscoa) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Apr 21Tuesday | Tiradentes (Dia de Tiradentes) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Dia do Trabalhador) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Jun 4Thursday | Corpus Christi | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Sep 7Monday | Independence Day (Dia da Independência) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Oct 12Monday | Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Nov 2Monday | All Souls' Day (Dia de Finados) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Nov 15Sunday | Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Nov 20Friday | Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Natal) | No | National public holiday listed for Brazil |
How to Use This Brazil Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for Latin America operations, Carnival-aware planning, finance teams, and business travel. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare Brazil with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects Brazil and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
Brazil has national holidays plus important state and municipal observances. Carnival and Corpus Christi can affect operations even when exact legal treatment varies, so business travelers should check the city and state they are visiting.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare Brazil With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which Brazil public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
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.