National Holidays in Brazil in 2021

Brazil
2021

List of Holidays in Brazil in 2021

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Friday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Monday	Jan 25	São Paulo Anniversary	Regional Holiday	São Paulo Municipal
Monday	Feb 15	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Tuesday	Feb 16	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Wednesday	Feb 17	Ash Wednesday	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Monday	Mar 29	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Tuesday	Mar 30	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Wednesday	Mar 31	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Thursday	Apr 01	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Friday	Apr 02	Good Friday	National Holiday
Monday	Apr 05	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Wednesday	Apr 21	Tiradentes Day	National Holiday
Saturday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 09	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday
Thursday	Jun 03	Corpus Christi	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo. Second Thursday after Whitsun
Friday	Jul 09	State Rebellion Day	Regional Holiday	São Paulo
Sunday	Aug 08	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	Not a public holiday
Tuesday	Sep 07	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Tuesday	Oct 12	Lady of Aparecida	National Holiday	Holy Mary's Day
Friday	Oct 29	Civil Servants Day	Government Holiday	Government and Banks only
Tuesday	Nov 02	All Souls' Day	National Holiday
Monday	Nov 15	Republic Day	National Holiday
Saturday	Nov 20	Black Awareness Day	Regional Holiday	Many states and cities
Saturday	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.