Public holidays in Brazil 2025
Brazil has 10 public holidays in 2025. 6 fall on a weekday and 4 on the weekend, which leaves 255 working days out of 365. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
10public holidays
6weekday days off
255working days in 2025
104weekend days
The dates listed are the national holidays. States and municipalities add their own (for example 9 July in São Paulo or 20 November in many cities), and Carnival Monday and Tuesday are optional days off rather than legal holidays in most of the country.
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Universal Fraternization Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Tiradentes' Day | |
| Thursday | Worker's Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Independence Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Our Lady of Aparecida | |
| Sunday weekend | All Souls' Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Republic Proclamation Day | |
| Thursday | National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day |
Working days per month in 2025
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Saturday and Sunday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 6 | 255 |
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Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 4 daysFri 18 to Mon 21 April 2025Good Friday, Tiradentes' Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Friday 2 May 2025 for Thu 1 to Sun 4 May 2025Worker's Day
- 4 daysTake off Friday 21 November 2025 for Thu 20 to Sun 23 November 2025National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness
- 4 daysTake off Friday 26 December 2025 for Thu 25 to Sun 28 December 2025Christmas Day
Questions about 2025 in Brazil
- How many working days are there in Brazil in 2025?
- 255 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 6 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Brazil have in 2025?
- 10 public holidays. 4 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Independence Day (7 September 2025), Our Lady of Aparecida (12 October 2025), All Souls' Day (2 November 2025), Republic Proclamation Day (15 November 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Brazil?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Brazil 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Brazil has 10 public holidays and 255 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/brazil/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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