Public Holidays in Portugal

A calendar of the annual Portuguese national holidays when most shops, schools and businesses close. With links to holidays in the UK and US...

  • The Portuguese for public holiday is feriado público
  • A national holiday that falls on a Sunday is not taken the following Monday
  • The annual Mardi Gras, while not a national holiday is a widely celebrated carnival day

Public Holidays 2017

  • 1 January - New Year's Day
  • 14 April - Good Friday
  • 16 April - Easter Sunday
  • 25 April - Liberation Day
  • 1 May - Labour Day
  • 26 May - Corpus Christi
  • 10 June - National Day
  • 15 June - Corpus Christi
  • 15 August - Assumption
  • 5 October - Republic Day
  • 1 November - All Saints' Day
  • 1 December - Independence Restoration Day
  • 8 December - Immaculate Conception
  • 25 December - Christmas Day

Public Holidays Worldwide

For information on public holidays around the world, see the following links: