Public holidays 2020 in Spain
Note: January 2nd, Ascension Day and Whit Monday are not systematically public holidays in Spain. Except for Madrid, the purely local public holidays are not indexed
below. There are two or three of them in each city or village, which aren't so many, but if you travel, you might expect to spend the full year in public holidays…
Printable version
|
Date |
Festivity |
Area |
|
WE January 1st |
New Year |
Spain |
Winter in Castile (La Mancha): olive trees and mills between Madrid and Albacete |
MO January 6th |
Epiphany |
Spain |
FR February 28th |
Day of Andalusia |
Andalusia |
FR March 13th |
Day of the City |
Melilla |
TH March 19th |
St.-Joseph |
Castile La Mancha, Valencian Community, Galicia, Murcia, Navarra, Basque Country |
TH April 9th |
Maundy Thursday |
Spain except Catalonia and Valencian Community |
FR April 10th |
Good Friday |
Spain |
MO April 13th |
Easter Monday |
Balearics Islands, Cantabria, Castilla La Mancha, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Navarra, Basque Country, Rioja |
Spring in Sevilla la Nueva, 30 kilometres off Madrid: the village place |
TH April 23rd |
Saint-George |
Aragon / Castilla y León (day of the Community) |
FR May 1st |
Labour Day |
Spain |
SA May 2nd |
Day of the region |
Madrid |
FR May 15th |
San Isidro |
Madrid (city) |
SA May 30th |
Canary Day |
Canary Islands |
FR May 31st |
Day of the Region |
Castilla La Mancha |
TU June 9th |
Day of the Regions |
La Rioja Murcia |
Madrid in June: sunset over the old town, with San Francisco's basilica in the background |
TH June 11th |
Corpus Christi |
Castilla La Mancha |
WE June 17th |
Day of the Valley |
Aran Valley |
WE June 24th |
Saint-John |
Catalonia, Valencian Community, Galicia |
in many other places, better ask |
SA July 25th |
Saint-James |
Galicia, Basque Country |
TU July 28th |
Institutions Day |
Cantabria |
FR July 31st |
Sacrifice Day (Aïd al Kebir عيد الكبير)
Sacrifice Day (Aïd al Adha عيد الأضحى) |
Ceuta Melilla |
WE August 5th |
Our Lady of the Snow |
La Palma (Canary Is.) |
SA August 15th |
Assumption |
Spain |
WE September 2nd |
Day of Ceuta |
Ceuta |
MO September 7th |
Our Lay of the Rescue |
Tenerife |
TU September 8th |
Day of the Regions
Day of Our Lady of the Pine |
Asturias Estremadura Gran Canaria |
Madrid in summer: Calle Mayor towards Puerta del Sol Square |
FR September 11th |
Diada Nacional |
Catalonia |
TU September 15th |
Our Lady of the Sorrows |
Lanzarote (Canary Is.) |
FR September 18th |
Our Lady of La Peña |
Fuerteventura (Can.I.) |
TH September 24th |
Our Lady of the Kings |
El Hierro (Canary Is.) |
MO October 5th |
Our Lady of Guadeloupe |
La Gomera (Can. Is.) |
FR October 9th |
Day of Valencia |
Valencian Community |
MO October 12th |
Day of Hispanity |
Spain |
MO November 2nd |
Monday of All Saints |
Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Estremadura, Castilla y León, Madrid |
MO November 9th |
Our Lady of Almudena |
Madrid (city) |
Madrid in autumn: the Casa de Campo lake. In the background, the Torre España, the Orient Palace, the Almudena cathedral and San Francisco's basilica (click on the
photo for a larger picture) |
MO December 7th |
Constitution monday |
Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Isl., Canary Isl., Estremadura, Castilla y León, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, La Rioja, Ceuta, Melilla |
TU December 8th |
Immaculate Conception |
Spain
|
FR December 25th |
Christmas |
Spain |
SA December 26th |
Saint-Stephen |
Balearic Islands, Catalonia except Aran Valley |
FR January 1st, 2021 |
New Year |
Spain |
WE January 6th, 2021 |
Epiphany, Twelfth Day |
Spain |