Are there regional variances for public holidays across Spain?
There are 8 official, nationally observed public holidays and additional local holidays determined by autonomous communities and municipal councils. Employees are entitled to the public holidays based on where their work activity is carried out. There is an annual limit of 14 public holidays. Each year, the 8 national, mandatory holidays will be declared. These may vary if dates fall on a Sunday. Autonomous communities will then select up to 4 additional regional holidays or substitute dates. Municipal councils may add up to 2 additional local holidays.
Do public holidays in Spain fall on the same date each year?
Each October, the list of public holiday dates (both national and autonomous communities) are released in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). This determines the dates for the following calendar year.
Are bank holidays paid in Spain?
Employees are entitled to up to 14 paid public holidays each year. These are non-recoverable.
Are public holidays on non-working days substituted?
Substitute dates are determined each year. Public holidays which fall on non-working days will not automatically be substituted, but autonomous communities may provide an observed date that falls on a working day.
2024 Public Holiday Dates
- New Year’s Day: Monday 1 January
- Epiphany: Saturday 6 January
- Good Friday: Friday 29 March
- Labor Day: Wednesday 1 May
- Feast of the Assumption: Thursday 15 August
- National Day of Spain: Saturday 12 October
- All Saints’ Day: Friday 1 November
- Day of the Spanish Constitution: Friday 6 December
- Christmas Day: Wednesday 25 December
*Epiphany, although not an official national public holiday, is observed by all autonomous communities in Spain.
Regional Holidays
February
- Mardi Gras: Tuesday 13 February: Extremadura
- Andalusia Day: Wednesday 28 February: Andalucia
March
- Balearic Islands Day: Friday 1 March: Balearic Islands
- St. Joseph: Tuesday 19 March: Murcia, Valencia
- Holy Thursday: Thursday 28 March: All except Catalonia and Valencia
April
- Easter Monday: April 1st: Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Navarre, Basque Country, La Rioja, Valencia
- St. George’s Day: April 23rd: Castile-La Mancha, Aragon
May
- Autonomous Community Day (Madrid): May 2nd: Madrid
- Galician Literature Day: May 17th: Galicia
- Canary Islands Day: May 30th: Canary Islands
- Corpus Christi: May 30th: Castile-La Mancha
- Castile-La Mancha Day: May 31st: Castile-La Mancha
June
- La Rioja Day: June 10th: La Rioja (observed)
- Eid-ul-Adha: June 17th: Ceuta, Melilla
- St. John’s Day: June 24th: Catalonia, Valencia
July
- Santiago Apostol: July 25th: Cantabria, Madrid, Navarre, Basque Country
- National Day of Galicia: July 25th: Galicia
August
- Our Lady of Africa: August 5th: Ceuta
September
- Day of Asturias: September 9th: Asturias (observed)
- National Day of Catalonia: September 11th: Catalonia
October
- Valencia Autonomous Community Day: October 9th: Valencia
December
- Immaculate Conception: December 9th: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Castile-Leon, Extremadura, Murcia, Melilla (observed)
- St. Stephen’s Day: December 26th: Catalonia
