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## **How Public Holidays Work in Brazil**

Brazil has 10 national holidays (feriados nacionais). Carnival and Corpus Christi are "pontos facultativos" — optional days off that most businesses still take.

States and cities add their own holidays, such as São Paulo's Constitutionalist Revolution Day (9 July) and each city's patron saint day.

Sources: [Public holidays in Brazil (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Brazil)

![2026 year calendar with Brazil public holidays highlighted in the CalendarBest builder](https://calendarbest.com/images/brazil-public-holidays-2026-calendar.webp)

## **All Brazil Holidays in 2018**

| Date | Holiday | About |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Mon, Jan 1](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/01) | **New Year's Day**Confraternização Universal | New Year, celebrated on beaches in white clothing. |
| [Mon, Feb 12](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/02) | **Carnival Monday**CarnavalOptional day off | Optional day off (ponto facultativo) during the famous Carnival. |
| [Tue, Feb 13](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/02) | **Carnival Tuesday**CarnavalOptional day off | Last day of Carnival before Ash Wednesday. |
| [Fri, Mar 30](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/03) | **Good Friday**Sexta-feira Santa | National holiday before Easter Sunday. |
| [Sat, Apr 21](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/04) | **Tiradentes Day**Tiradentes | Honors independence hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier. |
| [Tue, May 1](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/05) | **Labour Day**Dia do Trabalho | Workers' Day. |
| [Thu, May 31](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/05) | **Corpus Christi**Optional day off | Optional day off; streets are decorated with colorful sawdust carpets. |
| [Fri, Sep 7](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/09) | **Independence Day**Independência do Brasil | Independence from Portugal in 1822, with military parades. |
| [Fri, Oct 12](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/10) | **Our Lady of Aparecida**Nossa Senhora Aparecida | Brazil's patron saint; also Children's Day. |
| [Fri, Nov 2](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/11) | **All Souls' Day**Finados | Families visit cemeteries to honor the dead. |
| [Thu, Nov 15](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/11) | **Republic Proclamation Day**Proclamação da República | Marks the end of the monarchy in 1889. |
| [Tue, Dec 25](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018/12) | **Christmas Day**Natal | Celebrates the birth of Jesus; the main feast is on Christmas Eve. |

Click a date to see it on the monthly calendar.

## **Long Weekends in 2018**

- New Year's Day Dec 30 – Jan 1 · 3 days
- Good Friday Mar 30 – Apr 1 · 3 days
- Labour Day bridge day: take Mon, Apr 30 offApr 28 – May 1 · 4 days
- Independence Day Sep 7 – Sep 9 · 3 days
- Our Lady of Aparecida Oct 12 – Oct 14 · 3 days
- All Souls' Day Nov 2 – Nov 4 · 3 days
- Republic Proclamation Day bridge day: take Fri, Nov 16 offNov 15 – Nov 18 · 4 days
- Christmas Day bridge day: take Mon, Dec 24 offDec 22 – Dec 25 · 4 days

With 3 vacation days on the bridge days above you get 12 days off in total. 1 holiday falls on a weekend without a substitute day this year.

## **Working Days per Month**

- Jan22
- Feb20
- Mar21
- Apr21
- May22
- Jun21
- Jul22
- Aug23
- Sep19
- Oct22
- Nov20
- Dec20

Monday–Friday minus nationwide public holidays (253 in total). 2018 starts on a Monday.

Compared with other years: [2017](https://calendarbest.com/holidays/brazil-2017) has 252 working days, [2019](https://calendarbest.com/holidays/brazil-2019) has 256 working days (vs. 253 in 2018).

## **Plan 2018 Around These Holidays**

Add your vacation and bridge days to a calendar, then export it as a printable PDF. For the full year at a glance see the [2018 calendar](https://calendarbest.com/calendar/2018).

[Open Calendar Builder](https://calendarbest.com/builder?month=2018-01)

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