Next public holiday in Spain: countdown and national days
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Pick your region: the counter shows, to the second and in your local time, how long until the next weekday holiday, and lists what comes after.
Time left to: Next holiday in Madrid region: Day after All Saints' Day
5 days
counting from today…
| Date | Monday 2 November 2026 |
| Reference time | 00:00, your local time |
| Working days until then | 3 |
| Your time zone | … |
| What | Date | Day | Days left |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next holiday in Madrid region: Day after All Saints' Day | Mon 2 Nov 2026 | Monday | 5 |
| Next national holiday: Immaculate Conception | Tue 8 Dec 2026 | Tuesday | 41 |
| Christmas Day | Fri 25 Dec 2026 | Friday | 58 |
| New Year (midnight chimes) | Fri 1 Jan 2027 | Friday | 65 |
| Epiphany | Wed 6 Jan 2027 | Wednesday | 70 |
| Holy Week (Maundy Thursday) | Thu 25 Mar 2027 | Thursday | 148 |
| Clocks go forward (summer time) | Sun 28 Mar 2027 | Sunday | 151 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Rules read in the BOE and the regional gazettes on 28 October 2026
Spain has national holidays and nationwide holidays, and they are not the same thing. Article 45 of Royal Decree 2001/1983 lists twelve national holidays, but lets each region swap some for its own: Maundy Thursday, 6 January, Saint Joseph or Saint James, and the Mondays after a national holiday that falls on a Sunday. What every region keeps at once are the nationwide holidays: 9 in 2027 and 8 in 2026. In 2027 they are New Year's Day (1 January), Epiphany (Three Kings) (6 January), Good Friday (26 March), Labour Day (1 May), National Day of Spain (12 October), All Saints' Day (1 November), Constitution Day (6 December), Immaculate Conception (8 December) and Christmas Day (25 December). There is no resolution for 2028 yet, due in autumn 2027, but the fixed dates are known: Christmas Day is a Monday and 15 August a Tuesday. The counter on this page counts down to your region's next weekday holiday with your device's clock, sending nothing anywhere.
The twelve days on the national list
Article 45 of Royal Decree 2001/1983 sorts the holidays into four groups. The civic ones, 12 October and 6 December. Those from the Workers' Statute, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Those from the agreement with the Holy See that cannot be changed: 15 August, 1 November, 8 December and Good Friday. And those each region may replace with a traditional day of its own: Maundy Thursday, 6 January and either Saint Joseph or Saint James. If one of them falls on a Sunday, the day off moves to the Monday, unless the region swaps that too for one of its own.
How many regions keep each holiday in 2027
This table counts, for each 2027 holiday in the BOE resolution, how many of the 19 regions and autonomous cities keep it. Those reaching 19 are nationwide.
| Date | Holiday | Regions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | New Year's Day | 19 |
| 6 January | Epiphany (Three Kings) | 19 |
| 19 March | St Joseph's Day | 5 |
| 25 March | Maundy Thursday | 17 |
| 26 March | Good Friday | 19 |
| 29 March | Easter Monday | 6 |
| 1 May | Labour Day | 19 |
| 16 August | Monday after Assumption Day | 6 |
| 12 October | National Day of Spain | 19 |
| 1 November | All Saints' Day | 19 |
| 6 December | Constitution Day | 19 |
| 8 December | Immaculate Conception | 19 |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | 19 |
A region's nationwide and own holidays
Holidays shared by all of Spain in 2027
9
| New Year's Day | Fri 1 Jan |
| Epiphany (Three Kings) | Wed 6 Jan |
| Good Friday | Fri 26 Mar |
| Published in | BOE 13 October 2026 |
2028: what is already known
The fixed dates of 2028 fall like this: New Year's Day, Saturday 1 January, Good Friday, Friday 14 April, Labour Day, Monday 1 May, Assumption, Tuesday 15 August, National Day, Thursday 12 October, All Saints' Day, Wednesday 1 November, Constitution Day, Wednesday 6 December, Immaculate Conception, Friday 8 December and Christmas Day, Monday 25 December. The rest will be decided by each region before 30 September 2027: whether it keeps Maundy Thursday (13 April), whether it moves any holiday to Monday, or whether it adds a day of its own. When the resolution comes out, this page and the search will be updated.
How the counter works
The countdown uses your device's clock, not a server's, and runs to 00:00 on the holiday in your local time. It only counts weekday holidays, because those are the ones that change your week; to see the ones on a Saturday or Sunday too, open the 2027 holiday calendar. The "working days until then" row deducts weekends and your region's holidays, but not your town's two local days: to include them, use the search on the home page with your town.
Article 37.2 of the Workers' Statute caps holidays at 14 a year. A Saturday holiday is lost for anyone working Monday to Friday: in 2027 that happens with 1 May and 25 December.