Find out when the Spanish public holidays fall throughout the year…
The Spanish term for a bank holiday/public holiday/legal holiday is día feriadoor fiesta nacional.
- Each autonomous province has regional holidays each year in addition to the standard national holidays. Local holidays usually include a local “community day” and a celebration of certain Saints
- If a public holiday falls on a Sunday it may be celebrated on a weekday
- All banks and most shops and museums close on public holidays. Bars and restaurants outside tourist areas may close too
- Hospitals and emergency services do not close on public holidays
- Taxis may increase their rates for journeys on public holidays
- When a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, it is common practice to “make the bridge” (hacer puente) by taking off the Friday or Monday so creating a very long weekend. When this happens you may find businesses running on short staff or smaller family run business closed for the full period
- Seguridad Social provides a calendar including local, regional and town holidays in Spain
Public Holidays in Spain 2018
- 1st January – New Year’s Day
- 6th January – Epiphany
- 30 March – Good Friday
- 1st May – Labour Day Holiday
- August 15th – Assumption Day
- October 12th – Hispanic Day
- November 1st – All Saints’ Day
- December 6th – Constitution Day
- December 8th – Immaculate Conception
- December 25th – Christmas Day
There are many other holidays in Spain that are regional only, listed below:
- 29th February – Andalusia day
- 1 March – Balearics regional holiday
- 19 March – St Joseph’s Day (Murcia and Valenciana)
- 29th March – Maundy Thursday (except Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia and Valenciana)
- 2 April – Easter Monday (Balearics, Catalonia, Basque Country, Navarra, Valenciana)
- 23 April – Community day in Castille y Leon; St George’s Day in Aragon
- 2 May – Community Festival in Madrid
- 15 May – Feast of St Isidro (Madrid)
- 17 May – Literature Day (Galicia)
- 30 May – Canary Islands Day
- 31 May – Castilla-La Mancha Day and Corpus Christi (Castilla-La Mancha)
- 9 June – La Rioja; Murcia (to celebrate the statute of autonomous community)
- 13 June – Feast of St Anthony (Ceuta)
- 25 July – St James Day (Galicia)
- 28 July – Day of Cantabria Institutions
- 6 August – Our Lady of Africa (Ceuta)
- 22 August – Feast of Sacrifice (Ceuta & Melilla)
- 2 September – Ceuta Day
- 8 September – Day of Extramadura; Day of Asturias
- 11 September – National Day of Catalonia
- 15 September – Patron Saint of Cantabria
- 17 September – Day of Melilla
- 9 October – Valencian Community Day
- 9 November – Our Lady of the Almudena (Madrid)
- 3 December – Feast of Saint Francis Xavier (Navarra)
