Brazil: holidays 2026
Optional: not a legal holiday everywhere, but most people are off.
- 17 National
- 8 Long weekend
- 9 Bridge day
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| New Year's Day | ||||||
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| Carnival (National · Optional) | Carnival (National · Optional) | Ash Wednesday (National · Optional) | ||||
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| Good Friday | ||||||
| Tiradentes Day | ||||||
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| Labour Day | ||||||
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| Corpus Christi | ||||||
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| Independence Day | ||||||
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| Our Lady of Aparecida | ||||||
| Public Servants’ Day (National · Optional) |
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| All Souls' Day | ||||||
| Republic Proclamation Day | Black Awareness Day | |||||
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| Christmas Eve (National · Optional) | Christmas Day | |||||
| New Year’s Eve (National · Optional) |
Long weekends and bridges in 2026
Assumes Saturdays and Sundays off. Bridge days are the ones you would take as leave.
January
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1 bridge day → 4 off
February
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5 days in a row
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2 bridge days → 9 off
April
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3 days in a row
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1 bridge day → 4 off
May
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3 days in a row
June
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1 bridge day → 4 off
September
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3 days in a row
October
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3 days in a row
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2 bridge days → 5 off
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2 bridge days → 6 off
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3 days in a row
November
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3 days in a row
December
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4 days in a row
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4 days in a row
All holidays in 2026
January
-
New Year's Day
February
-
Carnival
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Carnival
-
Ash Wednesday
April
-
Good Friday
-
Tiradentes Day
May
-
Labour Day
June
-
Corpus Christi
September
-
Independence Day
October
-
Our Lady of Aparecida
-
Public Servants’ Day
In 10 days
November
-
All Souls' Day
In 15 days
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Republic Proclamation Day
In 28 days
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Black Awareness Day
In 33 days
December
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Christmas Eve
In 67 days
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Christmas Day
In 68 days
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New Year’s Eve
In 74 days