If you like to join in (or avoid) big holidays, here’s a list to guide you in Spain and its regions. And the regions part is important, because each of Spain’s regions has its own list in addition to the 9 national holidays.
Six of this year’s national holidays fall on a Monday or a Friday, making for long weekends; one is on a Tuesday and one on a Thursday, likely making, at least for some, 4-day weekends.
Here are the lists:
National
- January 6th: Dia de los Reyes Magos, Three Kings Day, Epiphany. (Friday)
- April 14th: Good Friday
- May 1st: Workers’ Day
- August 15th: Assumption of Mary, (Tuesday)
- October 12th: Spanish National Day, (Thursday)
- November 1st: All Saints’ Day (Wednesday)
- December 6th: Constitution Day (Wednesday)
- December 8th: Immaculate Conception, (Friday)
- December 25th: Christmas Day (Monday)
Andalusia
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- February 28th: Andalusia Day (Tuesday)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
Aragon
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 24th: Monday after April 23rd which is St George’s Day and Aragon regional day
Asturias
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- September 8th: Asturian Regional Day (Friday)
Balearic Islands
- March 1st: Balearic Regional Day (Wednesday)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 17th: Easter Monday
Basque Country
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 17th: Easter Monday
- July 25th: St James’ Day (Tuesday)
Canary Islands
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- May 30th: Canary Islands Day (Tuesday)
Cantabria
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- July 28th: Cantabrian Institutions Day (Friday)
- September 15th: Patron Saint of Cantabria (Virgen de la Bien Aparecida)
Castilla-La Mancha
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- May 31st Castilla-La Mancha Regional Day
- June 15th Corpus Christi
Castile and León
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 24th: Castile and León Day
Catalonia
- April 17th: Easter Monday
- June 24th: St Juan (Friday)
- September 11th Catalonia National Day (Monday)
Ceuta
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- September 1st and 2nd: Ceuta Day
Extremadura
- March 20th: (Monday after San Jose)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- September 8th: Extremadura Regional Day
Galicia
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- May 17th Galicia Literature Day (Wednesday)
- July 25th: St James’ Day / Galician Regional Day (Tuesday)
La Rioja
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 17th: Easter Monday
- June 9th: La Rioja Regional Day (Friday)
Madrid
- March 20th: (Monday after San Jose)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- May 2nd: Community of Madrid Day
Melilla
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- September 1st: Festival of Abraham’s Sacrifice (Friday)
Murcia
- January 2nd (Monday after New Year’s Day)
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- July 25th: St James’ Day (Tuesday)
Navarra
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 17th: Easter Monday
- July 25th: St James’ Day (Tuesday)
Valencia
- April 13th: Maundy Thursday
- April 17th: Easter Monday
- October 9th: Valencia Day (Monday)
