Brazil
Brazil public holidays 2025
Brazil had 10 nationwide public holidays in 2025, and 10 to 15 in total once regional days are added, depending on where you are. After them, 2025 had 255 working days.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| January | |
| Jan 1Wednesday | Universal Fraternization DayNationwide |
| Jan 4Saturday | State Creation DayRondônia |
| Jan 24Friday | Evangelical DayAcre |
| Jan 25Saturday | São Paulo City AnniversarySão Paulo Capital |
| March | |
| Mar 4Tuesday | CarnivalRio de Janeiro |
| Mar 6Thursday | Pernambuco Revolution of 1817Pernambuco |
| Mar 8Saturday | International Women's DayAcre |
| Mar 18Tuesday | Autonomy DayTocantins |
| Mar 19Wednesday | Saint Joseph's DayAmapá, Ceará |
| Mar 25Tuesday | Abolition of slavery in CearáCeará |
| April | |
| Apr 18Friday | Good FridayNationwide |
| Apr 21Monday | Tiradentes' DayNationwide |
| Apr 21Monday | Founding of BrasiliaDistrito Federal |
| Apr 21Monday | Tiradentes' ExecutionMinas Gerais |
| Apr 23Wednesday | Saint George's DayRio de Janeiro |
| Apr 28Monday | Our Lady of PenhaEspírito Santo |
| May | |
| May 1Thursday | Worker's DayNationwide |
| June | |
| Jun 15Sunday | Founding of AcreAcre |
| Jun 18Wednesday | Evangelical DayRondônia |
| Jun 19Thursday | Corpus ChristiSão Paulo Capital |
| Jun 24Tuesday | Saint John's DayAlagoas |
| Jun 29Sunday | Saint Peter's DayAlagoas |
| July | |
| Jul 2Wednesday | Bahia Independence DayBahia |
| Jul 8Tuesday | Sergipe Political Emancipation DaySergipe |
| Jul 9Wednesday | Constitutionalist RevolutionSão Paulo, São Paulo Capital |
| Jul 25Friday | Saint James' DayAmapá |
| Jul 26Saturday | Foundation of Goiás cityGoiás |
| Jul 28Monday | Maranhão joining to independence of BrazilMaranhão |
| August | |
| Aug 5Tuesday | State Founding DayParaíba |
| Aug 7Thursday | Rio Grande do Norte DayRio Grande do Norte |
| Aug 15Friday | Grão-Pará joining to independence of BrazilPará |
| Aug 15Friday | Our Lady of AssumptionCeará |
| Aug 17Sunday | Santa Catarina State DaySanta Catarina |
| September | |
| Sep 5Friday | Amazonia DayAcre |
| Sep 5Friday | Elevation of Amazonas to provinceAmazonas |
| Sep 7Sunday | Independence DayNationwide |
| Sep 8Monday | Our Lady of NativityTocantins |
| Sep 13Saturday | Creation of the Federal TerritoryAmapá |
| Sep 16Tuesday | Political Emancipation of AlagoasAlagoas |
| Sep 20Saturday | Gaucho DayRio Grande do Sul |
| October | |
| Oct 3Friday | Uruaçu and Cunhaú Martyrs DayRio Grande do Norte |
| Oct 5Sunday | State Creation DayRoraima, Tocantins |
| Oct 11Saturday | State Creation DayMato Grosso do Sul |
| Oct 12Sunday | Our Lady of AparecidaNationwide |
| Oct 19Sunday | Piauí DayPiauí |
| Oct 24Friday | Foundation of GoiâniaGoiás |
| November | |
| Nov 2Sunday | All Souls' DayNationwide |
| Nov 15Saturday | Republic Proclamation DayNationwide |
| Nov 15Saturday | Our Lady of RocioParaná |
| Nov 17Monday | Signing of the Petropolis TreatyAcre |
| Nov 20Thursday | National Day of Zumbi and Black AwarenessNationwide |
| Nov 30Sunday | Evangelical DayAlagoas, Distrito Federal |
| Nov 30Sunday | Saint Catherine of Alexandria DaySanta Catarina |
| December | |
| Dec 25Thursday | Christmas DayNationwide |
- Nationwide
- 10public holidays
- By region
- 10–15across 28 regions
- Working days
- 255after nationwide days off
- Long weekends
- 1+3 with 1 day off
Long weekends in 2025
Stretches of three or more days off built from nationwide holidays and the weekend, plus the ones you can make by taking a single day off.
- 4 daysFri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21 · Good Friday, Tiradentes' Day
- 4 daysThu, May 1 – Sun, May 4 · Worker's DayTake Fri, May 2 off to join it up
- 4 daysThu, Nov 20 – Sun, Nov 23 · National Day of Zumbi and Black AwarenessTake Fri, Nov 21 off to join it up
- 4 daysThu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28 · Christmas DayTake Fri, Dec 26 off to join it up