Public holidays in Spain

Overview

Spain's public holiday calendar isn't a single national list — it's built from national, regional and local holidays layered together, so the exact days off differ depending on where you live.

Requirements

• Relevant to anyone living or working in Spain, since it affects both business closures and, for employees, paid leave entitlement

Step-by-step process

• Learn the fixed national holidays set by central government, which apply everywhere in Spain and can't be substituted by regions
• Check your Autonomous Community's additional regional holidays, which vary by region and sometimes shift year to year
• Check your specific municipality's two local holidays, set by the town hall and often tied to local festivals or patron saint days
• Note that Spanish law caps the total number of holidays nationwide at 14 per year, combining national, regional and local

Required documents

• None — this is informational

Common mistakes

• Assuming the holiday calendar is identical everywhere in Spain — regional and local holidays genuinely differ by location
• Not checking the calendar for the specific year, since some regional/local holiday dates shift annually

Practical tips

• 'Puentes' (bridges) — where a holiday falls near a weekend, effectively creating an extended break — are a notable feature of the Spanish calendar and worth planning around if you're travelling
• Your specific municipality's calendar (published by the local ayuntamiento) is the definitive source for your two local holidays

How Tuchati can help

If you want to know the exact holiday calendar for your specific city this year, Tuchati can check it for you.