Holidays in Brazil 2028

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

The 2028 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 248 dias úteis across the year on the national-only count.

2028 bank holidays calendar

Date	Day	Holiday	Notas
Jan 1	Saturday (weekend)	Confraternização Universal	Confraternização Universal on Saturday January 1 falls in the Saturday-Sunday weekend, so this entry takes no working day out of the count.
Feb 28	Monday	Carnaval (segunda)	Carnaval (segunda) on Monday February 28 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Feb 29	Tuesday	Carnaval (terça)	Carnaval (terça) on Tuesday February 29 is joined to the Saturday-Sunday weekend by the holiday before it, with no working day in between.
Apr 14	Friday	Sexta-feira Santa	Sexta-feira Santa on Friday April 14 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Apr 21	Friday	Tiradentes	Tiradentes on Friday April 21 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
May 1	Monday	Dia do Trabalho	Dia do Trabalho on Monday May 1 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Jun 15	Thursday	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi on Thursday June 15 leaves Friday June 16 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Sep 7	Thursday	Independência do Brasil	Independência do Brasil on Thursday September 7 leaves Friday September 8 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Oct 12	Thursday	Nossa Senhora Aparecida	Nossa Senhora Aparecida on Thursday October 12 leaves Friday October 13 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Nov 2	Thursday	Finados	Finados on Thursday November 2 leaves Friday November 3 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Nov 15	Wednesday	Proclamação da República	Proclamação da República on Wednesday November 15 falls mid-week, with at least two working days between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend on each side.
Nov 20	Monday	Dia da Consciência Negra	Dia da Consciência Negra on Monday November 20 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Dec 25	Monday	Natal	Natal on Monday December 25 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.

2028 year summary

Total days

366

Weekend days

106

Bank holidays on weekdays

Dias úteis

248

The 1 weekend date in 2028 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 2028 - FAQ

How many dates are on the 2028 Brazil holiday calendar?

13 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed in 2028. 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 2028?

Brazil has 248 dias úteis in 2028 on the national-only count, after subtracting 106 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 2028 bank holiday dates fall on a weekday?

12 of the 13 dates in the 2028 Brazil holiday table fall on a weekday and reduce the dias úteis count: Carnaval (segunda) (Monday, February 28); Carnaval (terça) (Tuesday, February 29); Sexta-feira Santa (Friday, April 14); Tiradentes (Friday, April 21); Dia do Trabalho (Monday, May 1); Corpus Christi (Thursday, June 15); Independência do Brasil (Thursday, September 7); Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Thursday, October 12); Finados (Thursday, November 2); Proclamação da República (Wednesday, November 15); Dia da Consciência Negra (Monday, November 20); Natal (Monday, December 25).

Which 2028 holidays fall on a weekend and how are they handled?

1 of the 2028 dates falls on a weekend: Confraternização Universal on Saturday, January 1. Each is listed on its calendar date, and none of those entries takes a working day out of the count.