Holiday Overlap
🇪🇸 Spain Public Holidays 2026
Use this Spain public holiday calendar to plan national holidays and understand where regional variation may affect travel, payroll, and business operations.
Spain Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for Spain 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 (Año Nuevo) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Jan 6Tuesday | Epiphany (Día de Reyes / Epifanía del Señor) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Apr 3Friday | Good Friday (Viernes Santo) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Fiesta del trabajo) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Aug 15Saturday | Assumption (Asunción) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Oct 12Monday | National Day of Spain (Fiesta Nacional de España) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Nov 1Sunday | All Saints Day (Día de todos los Santos) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Dec 6Sunday | Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Dec 8Tuesday | Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Navidad) | No | National public holiday listed for Spain |
How to Use This Spain Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for Iberian travel, EU operations, regional holiday awareness, and tourism planning. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare Spain 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 Spain 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
Spain combines national holidays with autonomous community and local holidays. Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia, and other regions can observe different additional dates, which is important for payroll and travel planning.
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 Spain With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which Spain 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.