Long weekends in Venezuela, 2026
In 2026, holidays give Venezuela7 runs of at least three consecutive days off, the longest lasting 4 days. Below they are listed in calendar order, followed by the bridge days that stretch a short break into a long one.
Every long weekend, in date order
| Starts | Ends | Days off | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14 Feb | Tue 17 Feb | 4 days | Carnival |
| Fri 1 May | Sun 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day, Festival of the Crosses |
| Fri 24 Jul | Sun 26 Jul | 3 days | Simón Bolívar's Birthday, Caracas City Foundation Day |
| Sat 1 Aug | Mon 3 Aug | 3 days | Flag Day |
| Sat 10 Oct | Mon 12 Oct | 3 days | Day of Indigenous Resistance |
| Sat 31 Oct | Mon 2 Nov | 3 days | All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day |
| Thu 24 Dec | Sun 27 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day |
Bridge days
A bridge day is a lone working day sitting between a holiday and the weekend. Book that one day as leave and the time off joins up into four days or more. Offices tend to be quiet on these dates even though nobody is officially off.
| Date | Weekday | Next to |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 2026 | Friday | New Year's Day |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Monday | Epiphany |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Friday | Teacher's Day |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Friday | Youth Day |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Friday | Saint Joseph's Day |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Monday | Foundation anniversary Day of San Cristóbal, Táchira |
| 15 May 2026 | Friday | Ascension Day |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Friday | Corpus Christi |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Monday | Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Friday | Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy |
| 7 Dec 2026 | Monday | Immaculate Conception Day |
The cheapest leave of the year: spending 11days of annual leave on the bridges above gives you 11 breaks of at least four days. Expect colleagues to have the same idea, so request these early.
How we find them
Each day of 2026 is marked as a working day or a day off, using Venezuela's weekend pattern and its nationwide holidays. Consecutive days off are joined into runs; a run of three days or more that includes at least one holiday counts as a long weekend. A plain two-day weekend never qualifies.
Regional holidays are not part of this calculation. If your region has its own dates, you may get extra long weekends that do not appear in the national list.
Back to the Venezuela2026 holiday calendar or check working days between two dates.