Public Holidays

Who doesn’t love a public holiday, whether its celebrating Santos Populares or indulging in Christmas festivities, we’ve got you covered!

Portugal has a few national public holidays (feriado public) and many extra per municipality, usually connected to their patron saint. 

Lisbon is blessed with having Saint Anthony’s day the same week as Portugal’s National Day, where the city celebrates santos populares with street parties (arraiais) in every neighbourhood all week long (well, all of June really). Many locals use this time to take vacation or visit family in other parts of Portugal.

Whether you’d like to do the same or prefer to avoid busy airport/road times and higher flight prices, knowing these dates can help you with your travel plans.  

(It is worth noting, unlike some countries, if a public holiday falls on a weekend there is no compensation day off on the Monday. Also, the only day off over Christmas is the day itself.) 

Here are the public holidays until the end of 2026:

2025

Date Weekday Holiday

15-Aug-25 Fri Assumption of Mary

5-Oct-25 Sun Republic Day

1-Nov-25 Sat All Saints’ Day

1-Dec-25 Mon Restoration of Independence

8-Dec-25 Mon Feast of the Immaculate Conception

25-Dec-25 Thu Christmas Day

2026

Date Weekday Holiday

1-Jan-26 Thu New Year’s Day

3-Apr-26 Fri Good Friday

5-Apr-26 Sun Easter Sunday

25-Apr-26 Sat Liberty Day

1-May-26 Fri Labor Day

4-Jun-26 Thu Corpus Christi

7-Jun-26 Sun Oeiras Only

10-Jun-26 Wed Portugal Day

13-Jun-26 Sat Saint Anthony’s Day (Lisbon and Cascais Only)

24-Jun-26 Wed  Porto Only

29-Jun-26 Mon  Sintra Only

15-Aug-26 Sat Assumption of Mary

5-Oct-26 Mon Republic Day

1-Nov-26 Sun All Saints’ Day

1-Dec-26 Tue Restoration of Independence

8-Dec-26 Tue Feast of the Immaculate Conception

25-Dec-26 Fri Christmas Day