Public holidays in Brazil 2028

There are 10 nationwide public holidays in 2028. Another 44 apply only in some states – the table shows where. The exact list for each state is on its own page.

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10 national and 44 regional holidays in 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name	Applies in
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	Universal Fraternization Day	Confraternização Universal	nationwide
4 Jan 2028	Tuesday	State Creation Day	Criação do Estado	Rondônia
23 Jan 2028	Sunday	Evangelical Day	Dia do Evangélico	Acre
25 Jan 2028	Tuesday	São Paulo City Anniversary	Aniversário da Cidade de São Paulo	São Paulo Capital
29 Feb 2028	Tuesday	Carnival	Carnaval	Rio de Janeiro
6 Mar 2028	Monday	Pernambuco Revolution of 1817	Revolução Pernambucana de 1817	Pernambuco
10 Mar 2028	Friday	International Women's Day	Dia Internacional da Mulher	Acre
18 Mar 2028	Saturday	Autonomy Day	Dia da Autonomia	Tocantins
19 Mar 2028	Sunday	Saint Joseph's Day	São José	Amapá, Ceará
25 Mar 2028	Saturday	Abolition of slavery in Ceará	Abolição da escravidão no Ceará	Ceará
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday	Sexta-feira Santa	nationwide
21 Apr 2028	Friday	Tiradentes' Day	Tiradentes	nationwide
21 Apr 2028	Friday	Founding of Brasilia	Fundação de Brasília	Distrito Federal
21 Apr 2028	Friday	Tiradentes' Execution	Tiradentes	Minas Gerais
23 Apr 2028	Sunday	Saint George's Day	São Jorge	Rio de Janeiro
24 Apr 2028	Monday	Our Lady of Penha	Nossa Senhora da Penha	Espírito Santo
1 May 2028	Monday	Worker's Day	Dia do Trabalhador	nationwide
15 Jun 2028	Thursday	Founding of Acre	Aniversário do Acre	Acre
15 Jun 2028	Thursday	Corpus Christi		São Paulo Capital
18 Jun 2028	Sunday	Evangelical Day	Dia do Evangélico	Rondônia
24 Jun 2028	Saturday	Saint John's Day	São João	Alagoas
29 Jun 2028	Thursday	Saint Peter's Day	São Pedro	Alagoas
2 Jul 2028	Sunday	Bahia Independence Day	Independência da Bahia	Bahia
8 Jul 2028	Saturday	Sergipe Political Emancipation Day	Emancipação política de Sergipe	Sergipe
9 Jul 2028	Sunday	Constitutionalist Revolution	Revolução Constitucionalista	São Paulo, São Paulo Capital
25 Jul 2028	Tuesday	Saint James' Day	São Tiago	Amapá
26 Jul 2028	Wednesday	Foundation of Goiás city	Fundação da cidade de Goiás	Goiás
28 Jul 2028	Friday	Maranhão joining to independence of Brazil	Adesão do Maranhão à independência do Brasil	Maranhão
5 Aug 2028	Saturday	State Founding Day	Fundação do Estado	Paraíba
7 Aug 2028	Monday	Rio Grande do Norte Day	Dia do Rio Grande do Norte	Rio Grande do Norte
13 Aug 2028	Sunday	Santa Catarina State Day	Dia do Estado de Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina
15 Aug 2028	Tuesday	Our Lady of Assumption	Nossa Senhora da Assunção	Ceará
15 Aug 2028	Tuesday	Grão-Pará joining to independence of Brazil	Adesão do Grão-Pará à independência do Brasil	Pará
5 Sep 2028	Tuesday	Elevation of Amazonas to province	Elevação do Amazonas à categoria de província	Amazonas
7 Sep 2028	Thursday	Independence Day	Independência do Brasil	nationwide
8 Sep 2028	Friday	Amazonia Day	Dia da Amazônia	Acre
8 Sep 2028	Friday	Our Lady of Nativity	Nossa Senhora da Natividade	Tocantins
13 Sep 2028	Wednesday	Creation of the Federal Territory	Criação do Território Federal	Amapá
16 Sep 2028	Saturday	Political Emancipation of Alagoas	Emancipação Política de Alagoas	Alagoas
20 Sep 2028	Wednesday	Gaucho Day	Dia do Gaúcho	Rio Grande do Sul
3 Oct 2028	Tuesday	Uruaçu and Cunhaú Martyrs Day	Mártires de Cunhaú e Uruaçu	Rio Grande do Norte
5 Oct 2028	Thursday	State Creation Day	Criação do Estado	Roraima, Tocantins
11 Oct 2028	Wednesday	State Creation Day	Criação do Estado	Mato Grosso do Sul
12 Oct 2028	Thursday	Our Lady of Aparecida	Nossa Senhora Aparecida	nationwide
19 Oct 2028	Thursday	Piauí Day	Dia do Piauí	Piauí
24 Oct 2028	Tuesday	Foundation of Goiânia	Pedra fundamental de Goiânia	Goiás
2 Nov 2028	Thursday	All Souls' Day	Finados	nationwide
15 Nov 2028	Wednesday	Republic Proclamation Day	Proclamação da República	nationwide
15 Nov 2028	Wednesday	Our Lady of Rocio	Nossa Senhora do Rocio	Paraná
17 Nov 2028	Friday	Signing of the Petropolis Treaty	Assinatura do Tratado de Petrópolis	Acre
20 Nov 2028	Monday	National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness	Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra	nationwide
26 Nov 2028	Sunday	Saint Catherine of Alexandria Day	Dia de Santa Catarina de Alexandria	Santa Catarina
30 Nov 2028	Thursday	Evangelical Day	Dia do Evangélico	Alagoas, Distrito Federal
25 Dec 2028	Monday	Christmas Day	Natal	nationwide

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.

Public holidays by state

state	public holidays	on Mon–Fri
Public holidays 2028 Acre	15	13
Public holidays 2028 Alagoas	14	11
Public holidays 2028 Amapá	13	11
Public holidays 2028 Amazonas	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Bahia	11	9
Public holidays 2028 Ceará	13	10
Public holidays 2028 Distrito Federal	12	11
Public holidays 2028 Espírito Santo	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Goiás	12	11
Public holidays 2028 Maranhão	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Mato Grosso	10	9
Public holidays 2028 Mato Grosso do Sul	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Minas Gerais	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Pará	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Paraíba	11	9
Public holidays 2028 Paraná	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Pernambuco	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Piauí	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Rio de Janeiro	12	10
Public holidays 2028 Rio Grande do Norte	12	11
Public holidays 2028 Rio Grande do Sul	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Rondônia	12	10
Public holidays 2028 Roraima	11	10
Public holidays 2028 Santa Catarina	12	9
Public holidays 2028 São Paulo	11	9
Public holidays 2028 São Paulo Capital	13	11
Public holidays 2028 Sergipe	11	9
Public holidays 2028 Tocantins	13	11

Long weekends 2028

13 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend: (nationwide)

Take leave	Off	Days of leave	Days off	Ratio	Occasion
Mon 10 Apr, Tue 11 Apr, Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	8 Apr – 16 Apr 2028	4	9	2.3	Good Friday
Mon 17 Apr, Tue 18 Apr, Wed 19 Apr, Thu 20 Apr	14 Apr – 23 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Tiradentes' Day
Tue 2 May, Wed 3 May, Thu 4 May, Fri 5 May	29 Apr – 7 May 2028	4	9	2.3	Worker's Day
Mon 4 Sep, Tue 5 Sep, Wed 6 Sep	2 Sep – 7 Sep 2028	3	6	2	Independence Day
Fri 8 Sep	7 Sep – 10 Sep 2028	1	4	4	Independence Day
Mon 9 Oct, Tue 10 Oct, Wed 11 Oct	7 Oct – 12 Oct 2028	3	6	2	Our Lady of Aparecida
Fri 13 Oct	12 Oct – 15 Oct 2028	1	4	4	Our Lady of Aparecida
Mon 30 Oct, Tue 31 Oct, Wed 1 Nov	28 Oct – 2 Nov 2028	3	6	2	All Souls' Day
Fri 3 Nov	2 Nov – 5 Nov 2028	1	4	4	All Souls' Day
Mon 13 Nov, Tue 14 Nov	11 Nov – 15 Nov 2028	2	5	2.5	Republic Proclamation Day
Thu 16 Nov, Fri 17 Nov	15 Nov – 20 Nov 2028	2	6	3	Republic Proclamation Day, National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness
Tue 21 Nov, Wed 22 Nov, Thu 23 Nov, Fri 24 Nov	18 Nov – 26 Nov 2028	4	9	2.3	National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness
Tue 26 Dec, Wed 27 Dec, Thu 28 Dec, Fri 29 Dec	23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029	4	10	2.5	Christmas Day, Universal Fraternization 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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Brazil have in 2028?

10 nationwide holidays, plus 44 that apply only in some states. One of them falls on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Independence Day: take 1 day of leave (8 Sep) and you get 4 days off in a row, 7 Sep – 10 Sep 2028.

Which state has the most public holidays in 2028?

Acre with 15; Mato Grosso has the fewest with 10.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code BR (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.brazilian) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026