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Public holidays in Brazil 2016

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Every public holiday in Brazil in 2016 is listed below, with the day of the week each one falls on. National holidays apply across the whole country. Regional ones apply only in certain states or areas, so check locally before booking anything around them.

See 2016 on a calendar. Open the Brazil calendar to see these marked on a year-at-a-glance grid next to your own leave, travel and deadlines. Free, no sign-up.

Planning around a reporting week rather than a month? Week numbers for 2016 lists every week with its dates.

Public holiday dates in Brazil, 2016

DateDayHolidayType
1 JanuaryFridayUniversal Fraternization DayNational
4 JanuaryMondayState Creation DayRegional
23 JanuarySaturdayEvangelical DayRegional
25 JanuaryMondaySão Paulo City AnniversaryRegional
9 FebruaryTuesdayCarnivalRegional
6 MarchSundayPernambuco Revolution of 1817Regional
11 MarchFridayInternational Women's DayRegional
18 MarchFridayAutonomy DayRegional
19 MarchSaturdaySaint Joseph's DayRegional
25 MarchFridayGood FridayNational
21 AprilThursdayTiradentes' DayNational
23 AprilSaturdaySaint George's DayRegional
1 MaySundayWorker's DayNational
26 MayThursdayCorpus ChristiRegional
15 JuneWednesdayFounding of AcreRegional
18 JuneSaturdayEvangelical DayRegional
24 JuneFridaySaint John's DayRegional
29 JuneWednesdaySaint Peter's DayRegional
2 JulySaturdayBahia Independence DayRegional
8 JulyFridaySergipe Political Emancipation DayRegional
9 JulySaturdayConstitutionalist RevolutionRegional
25 JulyMondaySaint James' DayRegional
26 JulyTuesdayFoundation of Goiás cityRegional
28 JulyThursdayMaranhão joining to independence of BrazilRegional
5 AugustFridayState Founding DayRegional
7 AugustSundayRio Grande do Norte DayRegional
14 AugustSundaySanta Catarina State DayRegional
15 AugustMondayOur Lady of AssumptionRegional
5 SeptemberMondayAmazonia DayRegional
7 SeptemberWednesdayIndependence DayNational
8 SeptemberThursdayOur Lady of NativityRegional
13 SeptemberTuesdayCreation of the Federal TerritoryRegional
16 SeptemberFridayPolitical Emancipation of AlagoasRegional
20 SeptemberTuesdayGaucho DayRegional
3 OctoberMondayUruaçu and Cunhaú Martyrs DayRegional
5 OctoberWednesdayState Creation DayRegional
11 OctoberTuesdayState Creation DayRegional
12 OctoberWednesdayOur Lady of AparecidaNational
19 OctoberWednesdayPiauí DayRegional
24 OctoberMondayFoundation of GoiâniaRegional
2 NovemberWednesdayAll Souls' DayNational
15 NovemberTuesdayRepublic Proclamation DayNational
18 NovemberFridaySigning of the Petropolis TreatyRegional
20 NovemberSundayBlack Awareness DayRegional
27 NovemberSundaySaint Catherine of Alexandria DayRegional
30 NovemberWednesdayEvangelical DayRegional
25 DecemberSundayChristmas DayNational

Which days of the week they fall on

Of the 9 national holidays in 2016, 7 fall on a weekday and 2 at a weekend. A holiday landing on a weekend is worth spotting early if you were counting on a long one.

Other years

Public holidays in Brazil 2015 · Public holidays in Brazil 2017

Other countries

Public holidays for 247 countries and territories, or back to Brazil.