Public holidays in Brazil, 2027
Brazil observes 14 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day Confraternização Universal |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 8 Feb | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 9 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday Sexta-feira Santa |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 28 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Domingo de Páscoa |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 21 Apr | Wednesday | Tiradentes Dia de Tiradentes |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 May | Saturday Weekend | Labour Day Dia do Trabalhador |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 27 May | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Fri, 9 Jul | Friday | Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932 |
BR-SP |
| Tue, 7 Sep | Tuesday | Independence Day Dia da Independência |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 12 Oct | Tuesday | Our Lady of Aparecida Nossa Senhora Aparecida |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 2 Nov | Tuesday | All Souls' Day Dia de Finados |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 15 Nov | Monday | Republic Proclamation Day Proclamação da República |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 20 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Black Awareness Day Dia da Consciência Negra |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 25 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Christmas Day Natal |
Nationwide |
1 further date is observed in some regions only and is not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Brazil. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (28 Mar), Labour Day (1 May), Black Awareness Day (20 Nov), Christmas Day (25 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is December at 23 days; the shortest is February at 18. That spread of 5 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 60 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2026, which held 249 working days, 2027 is 2 working days longer. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2027, Brazil's 14 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 75th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 6 February 2027 to 9 February 2027, built around Carnival. A further 4 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
5 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2026: Carnival, Carnival, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Corpus Christi. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.