National Holidays in Brazil in 2020

Brazil
2020

List of Holidays in Brazil in 2020

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday	Dia Mundial da Paz
Saturday	Jan 25	São Paulo Anniversary	Regional Holiday	São Paulo Municipal
Monday	Feb 24	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Tuesday	Feb 25	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Friday	Apr 10	Good Friday	National Holiday
Monday	Apr 20	Bridge Holiday	Regional Holiday	São Paulo
Tuesday	Apr 21	Tiradentes Day	National Holiday
Thursday	Apr 23	St. George's Day	Government Holiday	Rio de Janeiro. Government and schools
Friday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 10	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday
Thursday	Jun 11	Corpus Christi	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo. Second Thursday after Whitsun
Thursday	Jul 09	State Rebellion Day	Regional Holiday	São Paulo
Sunday	Aug 09	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	Not a public holiday
Monday	Sep 07	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Monday	Oct 12	Lady of Aparecida	National Holiday	Holy Mary's Day
Wednesday	Oct 28	Civil Servants Day	Government Holiday	Government and Banks only
Monday	Nov 02	All Souls' Day	National Holiday	Dia de Finados
Sunday	Nov 15	Republic Day	National Holiday
Friday	Nov 20	Black Awareness Day	Regional Holiday	Many states and cities
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday

Key

Half Day holidays are observed on Christmas Eve (December 24th) and New Year's Eve (December 31st)
Ponto facultativos are types of holidays unique to Brazil. It is up to an employer whether they allow employees to take this day. In practice, the holidays are widely observed by the public sector and large companies.