🇧🇷 Brazil public holidays 2026
Brazil has 10 public holidays in 2026. 1 of them fall on a weekend. The longest continuous break is 5 days. A further 9 days are granted at administrative discretion.
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Who decides these days
Brazil's national holidays sit in permanent statutes, such as Law 662 of 1949 and Law 14,759 of 2023.
On top of them comes a yearly ministerial ordinance (Portaria MGI) that announces those holidays and designates ponto facultativo — days the federal administration may take off, binding on no private employer.
Carnival Monday and Tuesday are of that kind.The ordinance even carries unnamed bridging days and half-days fixed by the clock.
One day's legal standing is genuinely unsettled: Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa) is printed in the national-holiday column of the MGI's annual table, yet Article 2 of Law 9,093/1995 files it under religious holidays — declared by municipal law, at most four per municipality, with Good Friday named as one of those four.
On the table it is national; in the statute it is municipal, and both texts stand.
Long weekends
- February 14, 2026 – February 18, 20265 daysCarnival (Monday), Carnival (Tuesday), Ash WednesdayDiscretionary day off
- April 3, 2026 – April 5, 20263 daysGood Friday
- April 18, 2026 – April 21, 20264 daysOptional holiday (no official name), Tiradentes DayDiscretionary day off
- May 1, 2026 – May 3, 20263 daysInternational Workers' Day
- June 4, 2026 – June 7, 20264 daysCorpus Christi, Optional holiday (no official name)Discretionary day off
- September 5, 2026 – September 7, 20263 daysBrazilian Independence Day
- October 10, 2026 – October 12, 20263 daysOur Lady of Aparecida
- October 31, 2026 – November 2, 20263 daysAll Souls' Day
- November 20, 2026 – November 22, 20263 daysNational Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness
- December 24, 2026 – December 27, 20264 daysChristmas Eve, Christmas DayDiscretionary day off
| Date | Name | Legal status |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2026 | New Year's DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| February 16, 2026 | Carnival (Monday)See this topic | Discretionary day off |
| February 17, 2026 | Carnival (Tuesday) | Discretionary day off |
| February 18, 2026 · until 14:00 | Ash WednesdaySee this topic | Discretionary day off |
| April 3, 2026 | Good Friday | Public holiday |
| April 20, 2026 | Optional holiday (no official name) | Discretionary day off |
| April 21, 2026 | Tiradentes DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| May 1, 2026 | International Workers' DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| June 4, 2026 | Corpus ChristiSee this topic | Discretionary day off |
| June 5, 2026 | Optional holiday (no official name) | Discretionary day off |
| September 7, 2026 | Brazilian Independence DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| October 12, 2026 | Our Lady of AparecidaSee this topic | Public holiday |
| October 28, 2026 | Public Service Day | Discretionary day off |
| November 2, 2026 | All Souls' DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| November 15, 2026 | Proclamation of the Republic | Public holiday |
| November 20, 2026 | National Day of Zumbi and Black ConsciousnessSee this topic | Public holiday |
| December 24, 2026 · from 13:00 | Christmas Eve | Discretionary day off |
| December 25, 2026 | Christmas DaySee this topic | Public holiday |
| December 31, 2026 · from 13:00 | New Year's Eve | Discretionary day off |
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