Public holidays 2026 in Cantabria
Cantabria has 12 public holidays in 2026; 11 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | Año Nuevo | ||
| Tuesday | Epiphany | Epifanía del Señor | ||
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Jueves Santo | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | Viernes Santo | ||
| Friday | Labor Day | Fiesta del Trabajo | ||
| Tuesday | Cantabria Institutions Day | Día de las Instituciones de Cantabria | ||
| Saturday | Assumption Day | Asunción de la Virgen | ||
| Tuesday | Our Lady of Bien Aparecida | La Bien Aparecida | ||
| Monday | National Day | Fiesta Nacional de España | ||
| Monday | Monday following Constitution Day | Lunes siguiente a Día de la Constitución Española | ||
| Tuesday | Immaculate Conception | Inmaculada Concepción | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | Natividad del Señor |
Falling on a weekend in 2026: Assumption Day (Saturday, 15 Aug).
Not a public holiday in every autonomous community, but in Cantabria: Maundy Thursday, Cantabria Institutions Day, Our Lady of Bien Aparecida and Monday following Constitution Day.
For comparison: in 2026 the number of public holidays ranges from 11 (Canarias) to 14 (Melilla). Cantabria lies in between with 12.
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Long weekends 2026
13 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 Jan | 3 Jan – 6 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Epiphany |
| Wed 7 Jan, Thu 8 Jan, Fri 9 Jan | 6 Jan – 11 Jan 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Epiphany |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr | 28 Mar – 5 Apr 2026 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Maundy Thursday, Good Friday |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 27 Jul | 25 Jul – 28 Jul 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Cantabria Institutions Day |
| Wed 29 Jul, Thu 30 Jul, Fri 31 Jul | 28 Jul – 2 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Cantabria Institutions Day |
| Mon 14 Sep | 12 Sep – 15 Sep 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Our Lady of Bien Aparecida |
| Wed 16 Sep, Thu 17 Sep, Fri 18 Sep | 15 Sep – 20 Sep 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Our Lady of Bien Aparecida |
| Tue 13 Oct, Wed 14 Oct, Thu 15 Oct, Fri 16 Oct | 10 Oct – 18 Oct 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | National Day |
| Wed 9 Dec, Thu 10 Dec, Fri 11 Dec | 5 Dec – 13 Dec 2026 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Monday following Constitution Day, Immaculate Conception |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, New Year's Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code ES (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.spain) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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