Public Holidays

Discover upcoming public holiday dates for Portugal and start planning to make the most of your time off.

2026 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Thu	New Year's Day
3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
5 Apr	Sun	Easter Sunday
25 Apr	Sat	Liberation Day
1 May	Fri	Labour Day
4 Jun	Thu	Corpus Christi
10 Jun	Wed	National Day
15 Aug	Sat	Assumption Day
5 Oct	Mon	Republic Day
1 Nov	Sun	All Saints' Day
1 Dec	Tue	Independence Restoration Day
8 Dec	Tue	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day
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2027 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Fri	New Year's Day
26 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
28 Mar	Sun	Easter Sunday
25 Apr	Sun	Liberation Day
1 May	Sat	Labour Day
27 May	Thu	Corpus Christi
10 Jun	Thu	National Day
15 Aug	Sun	Assumption Day
5 Oct	Tue	Republic Day
1 Nov	Mon	All Saints' Day
1 Dec	Wed	Independence Restoration Day
8 Dec	Wed	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Sat	Christmas Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2027 are released.

2028 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Sat	New Year's Day
14 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
16 Apr	Sun	Easter Sunday
25 Apr	Tue	Liberation Day
1 May	Mon	Labour Day
10 Jun	Sat	National Day
15 Jun	Thu	Corpus Christi
15 Aug	Tue	Assumption Day
5 Oct	Thu	Republic Day
1 Nov	Wed	All Saints' Day
1 Dec	Fri	Independence Restoration Day
8 Dec	Fri	Immaculate Conception
25 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2028 are released.

In addition to public or statutory holidays, employees may be granted leave to observe local municipal or regional holidays. The additional holidays may be honoured at the discretion of the employer, as set forth in the employment contract. Shrove Tuesday, a celebratory feast, is usually observed in February or March, depending on the calendar year.

Although many employees are permitted to observe religious holidays, they are not necessarily designated as public holidays in Portugal. Portugal is a deeply Catholic country in which employees honour many saints. Saint Mary’s Day, celebrated on January 1 coincides with New Year’s Day. Regional religious holidays, named after many of the apostles attending the Last Supper include: St. Joseph’s Day; St. Anthony’s Day; St. John’s Day; St. Peter’s Day; St. Matthew Day and St. Elisabeth Day.

If an employee is required to work on a national holiday or a weekly day of rest, usually a Sunday, compensation is significantly higher than the normal pay rate. Holiday compensation is determined by terms of the employment contract and length of employment. Statutory pay supplements established by the Labor Code allow that an employee who is required to work on a holiday is entitled to receive an additional 100 percent increase in salary for each hour of work.