Public holidays in Spain, 2026

How Spain public holidays work in 2026

Spain operates a three-tier holiday calendar set by article 37.2 of the Estatuto de los Trabajadores. Of the maximum fourteen paid public holidays per year, the national government fixes eight or nine, the autonomous communities choose two or three, and each municipality designates two local fiestas, typically the patron saint's day. The Ministerio de Trabajo publishes a consolidated annual table in the Boletín Oficial del Estado. Madrid's local holidays for example include San Isidro on 15 May and Almudena on 9 November. Catalonia substitutes La Diada de Sant Jordi observances and adds Sant Esteve on 26 December, the only Spanish region to do so.

Working days in Spain

Spanish labour and procedural law distinguishes día hábil, any day not a Sunday or public holiday, from día laborable, the actual scheduled working day. Saturdays are días hábiles for most purposes including civil deadlines under article 130 of the Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil, although administrative deadlines under article 30 of Ley 39/2015 treat Saturdays as non-hábiles. The standard private-sector working week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday morning. Settlement of euro transactions follows the TARGET2 calendar; domestic banking follows the Banco de España calendar which mirrors the national list.

For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Spain's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.