Public Holidays in Portugal

A calendar of the annual Portuguese national holidays when most shops, schools and businesses close. With links to holidays in the UK and US...

The Portuguese for public holiday is feriado público
A national holiday that falls on a Sunday is not taken the following Monday
The annual Mardi Gras, while not a national holiday is a widely celebrated carnival day

For information on public holidays around the world, see the following links:

National and Regional Holidays in 2013
30 May (Thu)	Corpus Christi	National
10 June (Mon)	Portugal Day	National
13 June (Thu)	St Anthony (Lisbon only)	National
24 June (Mon)	St John (Porto & Braga only)	National
29 June (Sat)	St Peter's Day (Póvoa de Varzim only)	National
15 August (Thu)	Assumption	National
5 October (Sat)	Republic Day	National
1 November (Fri)	All Saints' Day	National
1 December (Sun)	Public holiday cancelled	National
8 December (Sun)	Immaculate Conception	National
24 December (Tue)	banks are closed	National
25 December (Wed)	Christmas Day	National
National and Regional Holidays in 2014
1 January (Wed)	New Year's Day	National
4 March (Tue)	Carnival	National
17 April (Thu)	Bank Holiday (from 13:00)	National
18 April (Fri)	Good Friday	National
25 April (Fri)	Liberation Day	National
1 May (Thu)	Labor Day/May Day	National
10 June (Tue)	National Day	National
13 June (Fri)	St Anthony (Lisbon only)	National
19 June (Thu)	Corpus Christi	National
24 June (Tue)	St John (Porto & Braga only)	National
29 June (Sun)	St Peter's Day (Póvoa de Varzim only)	National
5 October (Sun)	Republic Day	National
1 November (Sat)	All Saints' Day	National