Holiday calendar
🇵🇹 Public holidays in Portugal
What a holiday means here
- Shops and offices close on national holidays. Most restaurants and cafés stay open.
- Lisbon adds its own city holiday on 13 June, the peak of the Santo António festivities.
- Carnaval is optional. Some employers give the day off and many don’t, so treat it as a normal working day.
December 2026
- Tue 1 DecRestoration of IndependenceRestauração da IndependênciaNational holiday
- Tue 8 DecImmaculate ConceptionImaculada ConceiçãoNational holiday
- Fri 25 DecChristmas DayNatalNational holiday
January 2027
- Fri 1 JanNew Year's DayAno NovoNational holiday
February 2027
- Tue 9 FebCarnivalCarnavalOptional holiday
March 2027
- Fri 26 MarGood FridaySexta-feira SantaNational holiday
- Sun 28 MarEaster SundayDomingo de PáscoaNational holiday
April 2027
- Sun 25 AprFreedom DayDia da LiberdadeNational holiday
Marks the 1974 Carnation Revolution. Expect a march down Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon.
May 2027
- Sat 1 MayLabour DayDia do TrabalhadorNational holiday
- Thu 27 MayCorpus ChristiCorpo de DeusNational holiday
June 2027
- Thu 10 JunNational DayDia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades PortuguesasNational holiday
- Sat 12 Jun – Sun 13 JunFestivalLisbon
Street parties across the old neighborhoods — sardines, music, and grilled everything.
August 2027
- Sun 15 AugAssumption DayAssunção de Nossa SenhoraNational holiday
October 2027
- Tue 5 OctRepublic DayImplantação da RepúblicaNational holiday
November 2027
- Mon 1 NovAll Saints DayDia de Todos-os-SantosNational holiday
Nothing listed for the next few months. Check back after the next update.