National Holidays in Brazil in 2026

Brazil
2026

List of Holidays in Brazil in 2026

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Thursday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Sunday	Jan 25	São Paulo Anniversary	Regional Holiday	São Paulo Municipal
Monday	Feb 16	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Tuesday	Feb 17	Carnival	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Wednesday	Feb 18	Ash Wednesday	National Holiday	Ponto facultativo
Friday	Apr 03	Good Friday	National Holiday
Tuesday	Apr 21	Tiradentes Day	National Holiday
Thursday	Apr 23	St. George's Day	Government Holiday	Rio de Janeiro. Government, schools
Friday	May 01	Labour Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 10	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday
Thursday	Jun 04	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
Sunday	Sep 20	Ragamuffin War Anniversary	Regional Holiday	Rio Grande do Sul
Monday	Oct 12	Lady of Aparecida	National Holiday	Holy Mary's Day
Monday	Nov 02	All Souls' Day	National Holiday
Sunday	Nov 15	Republic Day	National Holiday
Friday	Nov 20	Black Awareness Day	National Holiday
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.

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