Here is a list of all the Spanish public holidays you need to know in 2022 and 2023 and other important dates to note on your calendar.
If you are already working in Spain or if you are coming to Spain for a trip or business, it is important to note Spain’s business calendar, public holidays and important dates. This is because on some of these dates, businesses and public offices are closing or opening hours are reduced. To ensure you don’t miss anything important, this content brings together a list of Spain’s public holidays and important dates for your calendar.
Introduction to Public Holidays in Spain
The government in Spain sets Spanish national holidays each year, but Spanish public holidays differ between each region. While national holidays are observed in every city in Spain, regional holidays are determined by local governments.
Spanish national holidays are busy periods, especially if a holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday and workers receive a four-day puente (bridge) holiday (dias festivos or vacaciones – Spanish holiday). However, the government’s proposal to shift Spain’s public holidays to Mondays and avoid this practice has not passed yet.
Public holidays that fall on weekends in Spain are sometimes replaced by alternate days (usually the following Monday) if the regional government so chooses. But more recently, alternate days have not always been given.
Many businesses also close on national and regional holidays in Spain. Each year, you can check the Spanish holiday list on your local autonomous community’s website, which usually puts out a list at the beginning of each year.
Public holidays in Spain in 2022
Unlike regional holidays, these holidays are celebrated across the whole of Spain.
- 1 January 2022 (Saturday): New Year’s Day (Año Nuevo)
- 15 April 2022 (Friday): Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
- 1 May 2022 (Sunday): Labor Day (also referred to as Worker’s Day) (Día del Trabajo)
- 15 August 2022 (Monday): Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen)
- 12 October 2022 (Wednesday): Spain’s National Day (also referred to as Columbus Day)
- 1 November 2022 (Tuesday): All Saints’ Day (Fiesta de Todos los Santos)
- 6 December 2022 (Tuesday): Spanish Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución)
- 8 December 2022 (Thursday): Immaculate Conception (La Inmaculada Concepción)
- 25 December 2022 (Sunday): Christmas (Navidad)
- 26 December 2022 (Monday): Christmas holiday
Regional holidays in Spain in 2022
These holidays are only celebrated in certain Spanish regions, unlike the holidays listed above.
- 6 January 2022 (Thursday): Epiphany/Three Kings’ Day (Dia de los Reyes Magos) – all regions but the Basque Country and La Rioja
- 28 February 2022 (Monday): Day of Andalusia
- 1 March 2022 (Tuesday): Day of Balearic Islands
- 19 March 2022 (Saturday): Saint Joseph’s Day (San José) – Extremadura and Madrid
- 14 April 2022 (Thursday): Holy Thursday (Jueves Santo) – all regions but Catalonia
- 18 April 2022 (Monday): Easter Monday (Lunes de Pascua) – Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Catalonia, La Rioja, Navarre, and Valencia
- 23 April 2022 (Saturday): Saint George’s Day (San Jorge) – Catalonia (not an official holiday, however)
- 23 April 2022 (Saturday): Day of Aragon/Day of Castile and Léon
- 3 May 2022 (Tuesday): Day of Madrid (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid)
- 15 May 2022 (Sunday): Saint Isidore (San Isidro) – Madrid (not an official holiday, however)
- 17 May 2022 (Tuesday): Galician Literature Day
- 30 May 2022 (Monday): Day of the Canary Islands
- 31 May 2022 (Tuesday): Day of Castilla-La Mancha
- 5 June 2022 (Sunday): Whit Sunday/Pentecost
- 6 June 2022 (Monday): Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday – Catalonia
- 9 June 2022 (Thursday): Day of Murcia/Day of La Rioja
- 13 June 2022 (Monday): San Antonio – Ceuta
- 16 June 2022 (Thursday): Corpus Christi (Fiesta del Corpus Christi) – Castilla-La Mancha
- 24 June 2022 (Friday): St John’s Day (San Juan) – Catalonia
- 10 July 2022 (Sunday): Eid al-Adha – Ceuta and Melilla
- 25 July 2022 (Monday): St James’ Day (Santiago Apostol) – Basque Country and Navarre
- 25 July 2022 (Monday): Day of Galicia
- 28 July 2022 (Thursday): Cantabrian Institutions Day – Cantabria
- 5 August 2022 (Friday): Santa Maria de Africa – Ceuta
- 14 August 2022 (Sunday): The Day of Cantabria – Cantabria
Spanish regional holidays in autumn 2022
- 2 September 2022 (Friday): Day of Ceuta – Ceuta
- 8 September 2022 (Thursday): Day of Asturias/Day of Extremadura – Asturias, Extremadura
- 11 September 2022 (Sunday): Day of Catalonia (Fiesta Nacional de Catalunya) – marks the anniversary of the recapture of Barcelona in 1714
- 15 September 2022 (Thursday): Day of the Bien Aparecida (patron saint) – Cantabria
- 17 September 2022 (Saturday): Day of Melilla – Melilla
- 9 October 2022 (Sunday): Day of Valencia – a historical commemoration of the date in 1238 when King James I officially entered the city of Valencia and freed it from Moorish rule
- 9 November 2022 (Wednesday): Virgin of Almudena (Virgen de la Almudena) – Madrid (not an official holiday, however)
- 3 December 2022 (Saturday): San Francisco Javier – Navarre
- 26 December 2022 (Monday): Saint Stephen’s Day – Catalonia
Important dates in Spain in 2022
- 19 March 2022 (Saturday): Father’s Day (also coincides with Saint Joseph’s Day)
- 27 March 2022 (Sunday): Daylight saving time starts, thereafter shifting the clocks one hour forward
- 1 May (Sunday) 2022: Mother’s Day (Dia de la Madre) – first Sunday in May
- 30 October 2022 (Sunday): Daylight saving time ends, thereafter, moving the clocks back one hour
- 31 October 2022 (Monday): Although All Saints’ Day on 1 November is more important in Spain, some people celebrate Halloween
Public holidays in Spain in 2023
These holidays, unlike regional holidays, are observed across Spain.
- 1 January 2023 (Saturday): New Year’s Day (Año Nuevo)
- 6 January 2023 (Friday): Epiphany
- 7 April 2023 (Friday): Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
- 1 May 2023 (Monday): Labor Day (also referred to as Worker’s Day) (Día del Trabajo)
- 15 August 2023 (Monday): Assumption of Mary (Asunción de la Virgen)
- 12 October 2023 (Wednesday): Spain’s National Day (also referred to as Columbus Day)
- 1 November 2023 (Tuesday): All Saints’ Day (Fiesta de Todos los Santos)
- 6 December 2023 (Wednesday): Spanish Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución)
- 8 December 2023 (Friday): Immaculate Conception (La Inmaculada Concepción)
- 25 December 2023 (Monday): Christmas (Navidad)
Regional holidays in Spain in 2023
These holidays are only celebrated in certain Spanish regions, unlike the holidays listed above.
- 2 January 2023 (Monday): New Year Holiday – Andalusia, Aragón, Asturias, Castile and Leon, Melilla, and Murcia
- 28 February 2023 (Tuesday): Day of Andalusia
- 1 March 2023 (Wednesday: Day of Balearic Islands
- 20 March 2023 (Monday): Saint Joseph’s Day (San José) – Basque Country, Castile-La Mancha, Galicia, Murcia, Navarre, and Valencia
- 6 April 2023 (Thursday): Holy Thursday (Jueves Santo) – all regions but Catalonia and Valencia
- 10 April 2023 (Monday): Easter Monday (Lunes de Pascua) – Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha Catalonia, La Rioja, Navarre, and Valencia
- 23 April 2023 (Saturday): Day of Aragon/Day of Castile and Léon
- 2 May 2023 (Tuesday): Day of Madrid (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid)
- 15 May 2023 (Sunday): Saint Isidore (San Isidro) – Madrid (not an official holiday, however)
- 17 May 2023 (Tuesday): Galician Literature Day
- 30 May 2023 (Monday): Day of the Canary Islands
- 31 May 2023 (Tuesday): Day of Castilla-La Mancha
- 5 June 2023 (Sunday): Whit Sunday/Pentecost
- 6 June 2023 (Monday): Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday – Catalonia
- 8 June 2023 (Thursday): Corpus Christi – Castile-La Mancha
- 9 June 2023 (Friday): Day of Murcia/Day of La Rioja
- 13 June 2023 (Tuesday): San Antonio – Ceuta
- 24 June 2023 (Saturday): St John’s Day (San Juan) – Catalonia
- 29 June 2023 (Thursday): Eid al-Adha – Ceuta and Melilla
- 25 July 2023 (Tuesday): St James’ Day (Santiago Apostol) – Basque Country
- 25 July 2023 (Tuesday): Day of Galicia
- 28 July 2023 (Friday): Cantabrian Institutions Day – Cantabria
- 5 August 2023 (Saturday): Santa Maria de Africa – Ceuta
Spanish regional holidays in autumn and winter 2023
- 2 September 2023 (Saturday): Day of Ceuta – Ceuta
- 8 September 2023 (Friday): Day of Asturias/Day of Extremadura
- 8 September 2023 (Friday): Our Lady of Victories – Melilla
- 11 September 2023 (Monday): Day of Catalonia (Fiesta Nacional de Catalunya) – marks the anniversary of the recapture of Barcelona in 1714
- 15 September 2023 (Friday): Day of the Bien Aparecida (patron saint) – Cantabria
- 17 September 2023 (Sunday): Day of Melilla – Melilla
- 9 October 2023 (Monday): Day of Valencia – a historical commemoration of the date in 1238 when King James I officially entered the city of Valencia and freed it from Moorish rule
- 9 November 2023 (Thursday): Virgin of Almudena (Virgen de la Almudena) – Madrid (not an official holiday, however)
- 3 December 2023 (Sunday): San Francisco Javier – Navarre
- 26 December 2023 (Tuesday): Saint Stephen’s Day – Balearic Islands and Catalonia
Important dates in Spain in 2023
- 19 March 2023 (Sunday): Father’s Day (also coincides with Saint Joseph’s Day)
- 27 March 2023 (Sunday): Daylight saving time starts, thereafter shifting the clocks one hour forward
- 7 May 2023 (Sunday): Mother’s Day (Dia de la Madre) – first Sunday in May
- 29 October 2023 (Sunday): Daylight saving time ends, thereafter, moving the clocks back one hour
- 31 October 2023 (Tuesday): Although All Saints’ Day on 1 November is more important in Spain, some people celebrate Halloween
