Public holidays in Venezuela, 2026
Venezuela observes 34 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 238 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Día de Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany Día de Reyes |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 14 Jan | Wednesday | Feast of the Divina Pastora Día de la Divina Pastora |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 15 Jan | Thursday | Teacher's Day Día del Maestro |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 12 Feb | Thursday | Youth Day Día de la Juventud |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Mar | Sunday Weekend | International Women's Day Dia Internacional de la Mujer |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 19 Mar | Thursday | Saint Joseph's Day Día de San José |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 21 Mar | Saturday Weekend | Slavery Abolition Anniversary Día del abolición de la esclavitud |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 31 Mar | Tuesday | Foundation anniversary Day of San Cristóbal, Táchira Aniversario del fundacion del San Cristóbal |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 19 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Beginning of the Independence Movement Proclamación de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Día del Trabajador |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 3 May | Sunday Weekend | Festival of the Crosses Día del Cruz del Mayo |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 10 May | Sunday Weekend | Mother's Day Día de las Madres |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Día de la Ascención |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 4 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| Sun, 21 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Father's Day Día de los Padres |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 24 Jun | Wednesday | Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 27 Jun | Saturday Weekend | Journalists' Day Día del Periodista y aniversario de la instauración del Decreto de Instrucción pública gratuita y obligatoria |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Independence Day Cinco de julio |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 19 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Children's Day Dia del niño |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 24 Jul | Friday | Simón Bolívar's Birthday Natalicio del Libertador Simón Bolívar |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 25 Jul | Saturday Weekend | Caracas City Foundation Day Aniversario del fundacion del Caracas |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 Aug | Monday | Flag Day Día de la Bandera |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Sep | Tuesday | Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary Día del Virgen del Valle |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Sep | Thursday | Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy Día del Virgen de las Mercedes |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 12 Oct | Monday | Day of Indigenous Resistance Día de la Resistencia Indígena |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | All Saints' Day Día de Todos los Santos |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Nov | Monday | All Souls' Day Día de los fieles difuntos |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception Day La Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve Nochebuena |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Navidad |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 31 Dec | Thursday | New Year's Eve Nochevieja |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 136 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 23 | 238 | 1,904 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Venezuela. 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.
11 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Slavery Abolition Anniversary (21 Mar), Beginning of the Independence Movement (19 Apr), Festival of the Crosses (3 May), Mother's Day (10 May), Father's Day (21 Jun), Journalists' Day (27 Jun), Independence Day (5 Jul), Children's Day (19 Jul), Caracas City Foundation Day (25 Jul), All Saints' Day (1 Nov). 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 April at 22 days; the shortest is February at 17. 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 55 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 238 working days, 2026 is identical in length.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Venezuela's 34 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 99th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 7 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 14 February 2026 to 17 February 2026, built around Carnival. A further 11 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.
7 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Carnival, Carnival, Mother's Day, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, Father's Day and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.