2021 work calendar

These are the twelve public holidays (national and regional) in 2021.

The Official State Gazette (BOE) will shortly publish the official work calendar for 2021, setting out the 12  public holidays that each Autonomous Community will have next year. Eight of these holidays will be national in scope and will be “non-working days for employment purposes, paid and not to be made up,” and they cannot be replaced by other dates, as defined by national legislation. The other four holidays will be chosen by the Autonomous Communities.

In addition to these 12 non-working days, which will fall between Monday and Saturday, there will be two further local public holidays, to be set by each city council. In total, there will be 14 public holidays in 2021.

According to what the regional governments have published so far, these are the eight national public holidays that cannot be replaced:

– January 1 (New Year’s Day), Friday.

– April 2 (Good Friday), Friday.

– May 1 (Labor Day), Saturday.

– October 12 (National Day of Spain, Día de la Hispanidad), Tuesday.

– November 1 (All Saints’ Day), Monday

– December 6 (Constitution Day), Monday

– December 8 (Immaculate Conception), Wednesday.

– December 25 (Nativity of the Lord), Saturday.

In addition to these non-replaceable national holidays, there are two other types of regional holidays: those that the Autonomous Communities may replace with their own holidays—which next year are January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Holy Thursday, and March 19 or July 25, the latter not having been chosen by any Autonomous Community because it falls on a Sunday. There is also a third scenario in which the regions may also replace with their own holidays those national holidays whose celebration must be moved to a Monday because they fall on a Sunday.

As regards the holidays that the Autonomous Communities may replace with their own holidays, it so happens that no region has chosen to replace January 6, Three Kings’ Day, with another public holiday, so that date will be a holiday throughout Spain.

Furthermore, next year two national holidays will fall on a Saturday (May Day and Christmas Day), while the rest will fall on Mondays or Fridays, allowing for five long weekends during the year. December will be the month with the most holidays (3 days), and in this case, by taking one working day off, it will be possible to enjoy a five-day “extra-long weekend” running from December 4 (Saturday) to December 8 (Wednesday, the Immaculate Conception holiday), since December 6 (Monday) will also be a holiday throughout Spain as Constitution Day.

According to what the Autonomous Communities have officially published, these will be the four regional holidays in each region, to be added to the eight national and two local holidays:

ANDALUSIA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
-March 1 (Andalusia Day, February 28, which will fall on a Sunday, is moved to this date), Monday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
-August 16 (the Annunciation of the Virgin, celebrated on August 15 but falling on a Sunday next year, is moved to this date), Monday.

ARAGON

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
-April 23 (Aragon Day), Friday.
-August 16 (the Annunciation of the Virgin, celebrated on August 15 but falling on a Sunday next year, is moved to this date), Monday.

CANARY ISLANDS

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
-August 16 (the Annunciation of the Virgin, celebrated on August 15 but falling on a Sunday next year, is moved to this date), Monday.
– The fourth regional holiday in the Canary Islands is chosen by each island. Accordingly, the following will be holidays: February 2, feast of the Virgin of Candelaria, in Tenerife; July 3, Descent of the Virgin of the Kings (Bajada de la Virgen de los Reyes), in El Hierro; August 5, Our Lady of the Snows, in La Palma; September 8, Our Lady of the Pine, in Gran Canaria; September 15, Our Lady of the Volcanoes, in Lanzarote; September 17, Our Lady of the Rock, in Fuerteventura; and October 4, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Gomera.

CANTABRIA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– July 28 (Cantabrian Institutions Day), Wednesday.
– September 15 (Day of Our Lady of La Bien Aparecida), Wednesday.

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– May 31 (Castilla-La Mancha Day), Monday.
– June 3 (Corpus Christi).

CASTILE AND LEÓN

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– April 23 (Castile and León Day), Friday.
– August 16 (the Annunciation of the Virgin, celebrated on August 15 but falling on a Sunday next year, is moved to this date), Monday.

CATALONIA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 5 (Easter Monday).
-June 24 (Saint John’s Day, Sant Joan), Thursday.
-September 11 (National Day of Catalonia, Diada), Saturday.

COMMUNITY OF MADRID

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– May 3 (Community of Madrid Day, a holiday celebrated on May 2, which next year falls on a Sunday and is therefore moved to the Monday).

VALENCIAN COMMUNITY

– January 6 (Wednesday, Three Kings’ Day)
– March 19 (Friday, Saint Joseph’s Day)
– April 5 (Easter Monday)
– October 9 (Saturday, Valencian Community Day)

EXTREMADURA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– September 8 (Extremadura Day), Wednesday.

GALICIA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
-March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
-May 17 (Galician Literature Day), Monday.

BALEARIC ISLANDS

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 1 (Balearic Islands Day), Monday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– April 5 (Easter Monday).

LA RIOJA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– April 5 (Easter Monday).
– June 9 (La Rioja Day), Wednesday.

MURCIA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– June 9 (Region of Murcia Day), Wednesday.

NAVARRE

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– April 5 (Easter Monday).
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.

BASQUE COUNTRY

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– April 5 (Easter Monday).
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday.

PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 19 (Saint Joseph’s Day), Friday*
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– September 8 (Asturias Day)
*Pending confirmation.

CEUTA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– July 20 (Feast of the Sacrifice), Tuesday.
– September 2 (Ceuta Day), Thursday.

MELILLA

– January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord), Wednesday.
– March 13 (Statute of Autonomy Day),
– April 1 (Holy Thursday).
– July 21 (Feast of the Sacrifice), Wednesday.