Holidays in Brazil 2026

Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: September 11, 2026

The 2026 Brazil holiday table below lists 13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 12 fall on a weekday and 1 lands on a weekend, leaving 249 dias úteis across the year on the national-only count.

2026 bank holidays calendar

Date	Day	Holiday	Notas
Jan 1	Thursday	Confraternização Universal	Confraternização Universal on Thursday January 1 leaves Friday January 2 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Feb 16	Monday	Carnaval (segunda)	Carnaval (segunda) on Monday February 16 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Feb 17	Tuesday	Carnaval (terça)	Carnaval (terça) on Tuesday February 17 is joined to the Saturday-Sunday weekend by the holiday before it, with no working day in between.
Apr 3	Friday	Sexta-feira Santa	Sexta-feira Santa on Friday April 3 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Apr 21	Tuesday	Tiradentes	Tiradentes on Tuesday April 21 leaves Monday April 20 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
May 1	Friday	Dia do Trabalho	Dia do Trabalho on Friday May 1 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Jun 4	Thursday	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi on Thursday June 4 leaves Friday June 5 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Sep 7	Monday	Independência do Brasil	Independência do Brasil on Monday September 7 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Oct 12	Monday	Nossa Senhora Aparecida	Nossa Senhora Aparecida on Monday October 12 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Nov 2	Monday	Finados	Finados on Monday November 2 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Nov 15	Sunday (weekend)	Proclamação da República	Proclamação da República on Sunday November 15 falls in the Saturday-Sunday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
Nov 20	Friday	Dia da Consciência Negra	Dia da Consciência Negra on Friday November 20 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Dec 25	Friday	Natal	Natal on Friday December 25 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.

2026 year summary

Total days

365

Weekend days

104

Bank holidays on weekdays

Dias úteis

249

The 1 weekend date in 2026 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a day the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 12 weekday dates. Brazil's count here is the financial system's. Article 6 of Resolução CMN 4.880/2020 takes national holidays out of the business days for financial-market operations and adds Carnival Monday and Tuesday and Corpus Christi, which on the federal government's list for 2026 (Portaria MGI 11.460/2025 of the Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos) are only ponto facultativo for federal staff. Nine of the thirteen days are feriados nacionais by federal statute: Lei 662/1949 as amended by Lei 10.607/2002, Lei 6.802/1980, and Lei 14.759/2023, which added 20 November from 2024. Good Friday is printed as a feriado nacional on that 2026 list and is a municipal religious holiday under Lei 9.093/1995.

Sources for these rules

Resolução CMN nº 4.880/2020, art. 6º: não são considerados dias úteis, para fins de operações praticadas no mercado financeiro, os sábados, domingos e feriados de âmbito nacional, bem como a segunda-feira e a terça-feira de Carnaval e o dia dedicado a Corpus Christi; arts. 2º e 3º: horário especial de atendimento na Quarta-Feira de Cinzas e em 24 de dezembro, e nenhum atendimento presencial no último dia útil do ano (Conselho Monetário Nacional (Banco Central do Brasil))
Portaria MGI nº 11.460/2025, art. 1º: feriados nacionais e pontos facultativos de 2026 para a administração pública federal direta, autárquica e fundacional; Carnaval (16 e 17 de fevereiro) e Corpus Christi (4 de junho) como ponto facultativo, Quarta-Feira de Cinzas ponto facultativo até as 14 horas, Paixão de Cristo (3 de abril) como feriado nacional (Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos)
Lei nº 662/1949, art. 1º, na redação da Lei nº 10.607/2002: são feriados nacionais os dias 1º de janeiro, 21 de abril, 1º de maio, 7 de setembro, 2 de novembro, 15 de novembro e 25 de dezembro (Presidência da República, Casa Civil (Planalto))
Lei nº 6.802/1980, art. 1º: é declarado feriado nacional o dia 12 de outubro (Presidência da República, Casa Civil (Planalto))
Lei nº 14.759/2023, arts. 1º e 2º: fica declarado feriado nacional o dia 20 de novembro, Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra, com vigência na data da publicação (DOU de 22.12.2023) (Presidência da República, Casa Civil (Planalto))
Lei nº 9.093/1995, arts. 1º e 2º: são feriados civis os declarados em lei federal e a data magna do Estado fixada em lei estadual; são feriados religiosos os dias de guarda declarados em lei municipal, em número não superior a quatro, neste incluída a Sexta-Feira da Paixão (Presidência da República, Casa Civil (Planalto))

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources

Holidays not included

State and municipal holidays are not in this set. Lei 9.093/1995 lets a state fix its data magna by state law and a municipality declare up to four religious holidays a year, Good Friday among them; add the local dates under the calculator's Advanced options. The trading calendar is a separate list again: B3's 2026 calendar has no session on 24 or 31 December, days that remain business days for the financial system and that this calculator counts, and keeps trading on 9 July, the Revolução Constitucionalista holiday.

Sources for these rules

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources

Other years

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Sources and verification

Official source: Presidência da República, Casa Civil (planalto.gov.br) (opens in a new tab)

Cross-checked against this source on September 11, 2026.

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Brazil Holidays 2026 - FAQ

How many dates are on the 2026 Brazil holiday calendar?

13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed in 2026. Of those, 12 fall on a weekday and 1 lands on a weekend. The complete list with dates and weekday placements is in the calendar table above.

How many dias úteis does Brazil have in 2026?

Brazil has 249 dias úteis in 2026 on the national-only count, after subtracting 104 weekend days and 12 weekday-falling bank holidays. This is the national count: it uses only the dates in the table above, so a holiday kept only in one region or by one sector is not in it.

Which 2026 bank holiday dates fall on a weekday?

12 of the 13 dates in the 2026 Brazil holiday table fall on a weekday and reduce the dias úteis count: Confraternização Universal (Thursday, January 1); Carnaval (segunda) (Monday, February 16); Carnaval (terça) (Tuesday, February 17); Sexta-feira Santa (Friday, April 3); Tiradentes (Tuesday, April 21); Dia do Trabalho (Friday, May 1); Corpus Christi (Thursday, June 4); Independência do Brasil (Monday, September 7); Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Monday, October 12); Finados (Monday, November 2); Dia da Consciência Negra (Friday, November 20); Natal (Friday, December 25).

Which 2026 holidays fall on a weekend and how are they handled?

1 of the 2026 dates falls on a weekend: Proclamação da República on Sunday, November 15. Each is listed on its calendar date, and none of those entries takes a working day out of the count.