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Public holidays in Spain (2026 and 2027)

Spain has up to 14 paid public holidays a year: national days set each year in a BOE resolution of the Dirección General de Trabajo, some days each region may swap for its own, and up to two local days set for each town.

Why it matters

Offices, many shops and public services close on public holidays, and which days are off depends on where you live, so the national list alone is not your full calendar.

When

Planning appointments, travel or work around the year’s holidays.

Last checked

20 Oct 2026

Steps

1. Check the national days
   For 2026 the BOE resolution (BOE-A-2025-21667) lists as national holidays that no region replaces: 1 January (Año Nuevo), 3 April (Viernes Santo), 1 May (Fiesta del Trabajo), 15 August (Asunción de la Virgen), 12 October (Fiesta Nacional de España), 8 December (Inmaculada Concepción) and 25 December (Natividad del Señor). 6 January (Epifanía del Señor) is also a holiday in every region in 2026.
2. Check 2027
   For 2027 the BOE resolution (BOE-A-2026-21254, published 13 October 2026) lists as national holidays no region replaces: 1 January, 26 March (Viernes Santo), 1 May, 12 October, 1 November, 6 December, 8 December and 25 December. 6 January is a holiday in every region in 2027; other days such as 25 March (Jueves Santo), 19 March and Monday 16 August are holidays only in the regions marked in the table.
3. Check your region’s column
   Each region can replace some national days with its own holidays. The BOE resolution has a table with one column per region; read your region’s column for the full regional list.
4. Add your town’s two local days
   Each town has up to two local holidays. They are not in the BOE resolution; they are published in your region’s official bulletin or the provincial bulletin. Your town hall also publishes them.

Where

• BOE: fiestas laborales 2026
  https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2025-21667
• BOE: fiestas laborales 2027
  https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-21254

Tips

• The resolution itself says local holidays are published in the regional or provincial official bulletin, so look there or on your town hall’s website for the two local days.
• The holiday calendar for work is not the same as the calendar of non-working days for counting administrative deadlines, which the Secretaría de Estado de Función Pública publishes separately (BOE-A-2025-23702 for 2026).

Official sources

• Resolución de 17 de octubre de 2025, de la Dirección General de Trabajo, por la que se publica la relación de fiestas laborales para el año 2026 (BOE-A-2025-21667)
• Resolución de 8 de octubre de 2026, de la Dirección General de Trabajo, por la que se publica relación de fiestas laborales para el año 2027 (BOE-A-2026-21254)
• Calendario de días inhábiles en el ámbito de la Administración General del Estado para el año 2026 (BOE-A-2025-23702)