Spain's holiday calendar for 2021
Get organized and start planning those weekends away!
Here is the official list of the bank holidays in Spain for 2021, which means you can start planning your puentes - the Spanish custom of taking the day off to bridge the weekend with the holiday - and for those optimists who believe travel will be possible again by next year to book early and get the best deals on flights.
Here is the official list of all the public holidays across Spain in 2021, as published in Spain's BOE Official State Gazette on November 2nd.
This year sees eight national public holidays across the whole of Spain – plus each region will have its own holidays on top.
These celebrated nationally are:
January 1st: New Year’s Day. (Friday)
April 2nd: Good Friday
May 1st: Workers' Day (Saturday)
October 12th: Spanish National Day, (Tuesday)
November 1st: All Saints' Day (Monday)
December 6th: Constitution Day (Monday)
December 8th: Immaculate Conception (Wedneday)
December 25th: Christmas Day (Saturday)
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Apart from these national dates, all regions have an additional holidays with authorities choosing to celebrate different dates, some rolling over Saints Days which fall on a Sunday to a Monday.
Calendario laboral 2021 por comunidad https://t.co/G29Xj0lnUz
— Salvador (@sllstgn) October 10, 2020
See below for the full list of additional public holidays by region.
Andalusia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 1st: February 28th: A roll over for Andalusia Day on Feb 28th which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Aragon
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 23rd: St George’s Day and Aragon regional day (Friday)
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Asturias
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
September 8th: Asturian Regional Day (Wednesday)
Balearic Islands
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 1st: Balearic Island Day (Monday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Basque Country
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Canary Islands
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
The fourth regional bank holiday is chosen by each individual island and will be:
February 2nd for Tenerife
July 3rd for El Hierro
August 5th for La Palma
September 8th for Gran Canaria
September 15th for Lanzarote
September 17th for Fuerteventura
October 4th for La Gomera
Cantabria
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
July 28th: Cantabrian Institutions Day (Wednesday)
September 15th: Patron Saint of Cantabria (Virgen de la Bien Aparecida) (Wednesday)
Castilla-La Mancha
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 31st: Day of Castilla-La Mancha (Monday)
June 3rd Corpus Christi (Thursday)
Castile and León
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 23rd: Castile and León Day (Friday)
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Catalonia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 24th: San Juan (Thursday)
September 11th: Diada/Catalonia National Day (Saturday)
Ceuta
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
September 2nd: Ceuta Day (Thursday)
Extremadura
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
September 8th: Extremadura Regional Day (Wednesday)
Galicia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 17th: Galician Literature Day (Monday)
La Rioja
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 9th: La Rioja Regional Day (Wednesday)
Madrid
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 3rd: Community of Madrid Day a rollover because Dos de Mayo falls on a Sunday. (Monday)
Melilla
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 13th: Melilla Regional Day (Saturday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
Murcia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
June 9th: Murcia Day (Wednesday)
Navarra
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Valencia
January 6th: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 24th: San Juan (Friday)
And don't forget your local municipality will also have at least two days of holidays, dependent on the local patron saint days.
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Here is the official list of the bank holidays in Spain for 2021, which means you can start planning your puentes - the Spanish custom of taking the day off to bridge the weekend with the holiday - and for those optimists who believe travel will be possible again by next year to book early and get the best deals on flights.
Here is the official list of all the public holidays across Spain in 2021, as published in Spain's BOE Official State Gazette on November 2nd.
This year sees eight national public holidays across the whole of Spain – plus each region will have its own holidays on top.
These celebrated nationally are:
January 1st: New Year’s Day. (Friday)
April 2nd: Good Friday
May 1st: Workers' Day (Saturday)
October 12th: Spanish National Day, (Tuesday)
November 1st: All Saints' Day (Monday)
December 6th: Constitution Day (Monday)
December 8th: Immaculate Conception (Wedneday)
December 25th: Christmas Day (Saturday)
READ ALSO: These are the days off you could be entitled to in Spain
Apart from these national dates, all regions have an additional holidays with authorities choosing to celebrate different dates, some rolling over Saints Days which fall on a Sunday to a Monday.
Calendario laboral 2021 por comunidad https://t.co/G29Xj0lnUz
— Salvador (@sllstgn) October 10, 2020
See below for the full list of additional public holidays by region.
Andalusia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 1st: February 28th: A roll over for Andalusia Day on Feb 28th which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Aragon
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 23rd: St George’s Day and Aragon regional day (Friday)
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Asturias
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
September 8th: Asturian Regional Day (Wednesday)
Balearic Islands
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 1st: Balearic Island Day (Monday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Basque Country
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Canary Islands
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
The fourth regional bank holiday is chosen by each individual island and will be:
February 2nd for Tenerife
July 3rd for El Hierro
August 5th for La Palma
September 8th for Gran Canaria
September 15th for Lanzarote
September 17th for Fuerteventura
October 4th for La Gomera
Cantabria
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
July 28th: Cantabrian Institutions Day (Wednesday)
September 15th: Patron Saint of Cantabria (Virgen de la Bien Aparecida) (Wednesday)
Castilla-La Mancha
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 31st: Day of Castilla-La Mancha (Monday)
June 3rd Corpus Christi (Thursday)
Castile and León
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 23rd: Castile and León Day (Friday)
August 16th: A rollover of Assumption of Mary, which falls on a Sunday this year (Monday)
Catalonia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 24th: San Juan (Thursday)
September 11th: Diada/Catalonia National Day (Saturday)
Ceuta
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
September 2nd: Ceuta Day (Thursday)
Extremadura
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
September 8th: Extremadura Regional Day (Wednesday)
Galicia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 17th: Galician Literature Day (Monday)
La Rioja
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 9th: La Rioja Regional Day (Wednesday)
Madrid
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
May 3rd: Community of Madrid Day a rollover because Dos de Mayo falls on a Sunday. (Monday)
Melilla
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 13th: Melilla Regional Day (Saturday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
Murcia
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
June 9th: Murcia Day (Wednesday)
Navarra
January 6: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 1st: Maundy Thursday
April 5th: Easter Monday
Valencia
January 6th: Epiphany / Three Kings Day (Wednesday)
March 19th: St Joseph's Day/Father's Day (Friday)
April 5th: Easter Monday
June 24th: San Juan (Friday)
And don't forget your local municipality will also have at least two days of holidays, dependent on the local patron saint days.
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