The calendar
Brazil combines national holidays with state and municipal ones, and Carnival — technically not a national holiday at all — shuts the country for the better part of a week.
Country view
Brazil · 2026
15 recorded days · 13 public · 2 bank · 0 school · 1 regional
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Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Monday · 12 Oct 2026 · Public
DateHolidayTypeShops shut?
01JanConfraternização Universal
New Year's Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Carnaval
Carnival · Nationwide
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Carnaval
Carnival · Nationwide
BankPartial
Sexta-feira Santa
Good Friday · Nationwide
PublicShut
Domingo de Páscoa
Easter Sunday · Nationwide
PublicShut
Dia de Tiradentes
Tiradentes · Nationwide
PublicShut
Dia do Trabalhador
Labour Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Corpus Christi
Nationwide
PublicShut
Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932
Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 · Regional · BR-SP
RegionalPartial
Dia da Independência
Independence Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Our Lady of Aparecida · Nationwide
PublicShut
Dia de Finados
All Souls' Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Proclamação da República
Republic Proclamation Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Dia da Consciência Negra
Black Awareness Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
Natal
Christmas Day · Nationwide
PublicShut
● Public most things closed · ● Bank banks only · ● Regional some areas · ● School term dates
How the holiday year works in Brazil
How people take the days
Enforcement of the emenda, the bridge day, is widespread: a Tuesday or Thursday holiday routinely takes the adjacent working day with it. Carnival itself runs Monday and Tuesday with Ash Wednesday a half day by custom.
If you're visiting
Bars, restaurants and beaches are the point of a Brazilian holiday; banks and offices close hard. Carnival brings major street closures and inflated accommodation prices in Rio, Salvador and Recife.
If you live here
Annual leave is 30 calendar days and can be split into three periods. The thirteenth-month salary paid in two instalments before Christmas is the other thing that shapes the Brazilian year.
What these days actually mean
Observance, business closures and transport impact for the next few dates.
Our Lady of Aparecida
12 Oct 2026
- Observance
- The feast of Brazil's patron saint on 12 October, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the basilica at Aparecida in São Paulo state. It doubles as Children's Day.
- Business
- Banks close; retail opens and toy sales peak.
- Transport
- Heavy pilgrim traffic on the Dutra highway between São Paulo and Rio.
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All Souls' Day
2 Nov 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
Republic Proclamation Day
15 Nov 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.
Black Awareness Day
20 Nov 2026
- Observance
- Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.
- Business
- Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.
- Transport
- Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.
General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.