Venezuela public holidays 2026
Venezuela has 34 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 238 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Día de Año Nuevo |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany
Día de Reyes |
Nationwide |
| 14 Jan | Wednesday | Feast of the Divina Pastora
Día de la Divina Pastora |
Nationwide |
| 15 Jan | Thursday | Teacher's Day
Día del Maestro |
Nationwide |
| 12 Feb | Thursday | Youth Day
Día de la Juventud |
Nationwide |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 17 Feb | Tuesday | Carnival
Carnaval |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Dia Internacional de la Mujer |
Nationwide |
| 19 Mar | Thursday | Saint Joseph's Day
Día de San José |
Nationwide |
| 21 Mar | Saturday rest day | Slavery Abolition Anniversary
Día del abolición de la esclavitud |
Nationwide |
| 31 Mar | Tuesday | Foundation anniversary Day of San Cristóbal, Táchira
Aniversario del fundacion del San Cristóbal |
Nationwide |
| 19 Apr | Sunday rest day | Beginning of the Independence Movement
Proclamación de la Independencia |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Día del Trabajador |
Nationwide |
| 3 May | Sunday rest day | Festival of the Crosses
Día del Cruz del Mayo |
Nationwide |
| 10 May | Sunday rest day | Mother's Day
Día de las Madres |
Nationwide |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day
Día de la Ascención |
Nationwide |
| 4 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Nationwide |
| 21 Jun | Sunday rest day | Father's Day
Día de los Padres |
Nationwide |
| 24 Jun | Wednesday | Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo
Aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo |
Nationwide |
| 27 Jun | Saturday rest day | Journalists' Day
Día del Periodista y aniversario de la instauración del Decreto de Instrucción pública gratuita y obligatoria |
Nationwide |
| 5 Jul | Sunday rest day | Independence Day
Cinco de julio |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jul | Sunday rest day | Children's Day
Dia del niño |
Nationwide |
| 24 Jul | Friday | Simón Bolívar's Birthday
Natalicio del Libertador Simón Bolívar |
Nationwide |
| 25 Jul | Saturday rest day | Caracas City Foundation Day
Aniversario del fundacion del Caracas |
Nationwide |
| 3 Aug | Monday | Flag Day
Día de la Bandera |
Nationwide |
| 8 Sep | Tuesday | Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Día del Virgen del Valle |
Nationwide |
| 24 Sep | Thursday | Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy
Día del Virgen de las Mercedes |
Nationwide |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Day of Indigenous Resistance
Día de la Resistencia Indígena |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints' Day
Día de Todos los Santos |
Nationwide |
| 2 Nov | Monday | All Souls' Day
Día de los fieles difuntos |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception Day
La Inmaculada Concepción |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Nochebuena |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Navidad |
Nationwide |
| 31 Dec | Thursday | New Year's Eve
Nochevieja |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 4 holidays
February 3 holidays
March 4 holidays
April 1 holiday
May 4 holidays
June 4 holidays
July 4 holidays
August 1 holiday
September 2 holidays
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December 4 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 136 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 152 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 23 | 238 | 1,904 |
What the numbers say about Venezuela in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Venezuela. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
11 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Slavery Abolition Anniversary (21 Mar), Beginning of the Independence Movement (19 Apr), Festival of the Crosses (3 May), Mother's Day (10 May), Father's Day (21 Jun), Journalists' Day (27 Jun), Independence Day (5 Jul), Children's Day (19 Jul), Caracas City Foundation Day (25 Jul), All Saints' Day (1 Nov). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
April is the longest working month with 22 days, and February the shortest with 17. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 55 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 34, Venezuela sits above the middle of the range, around the 99th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 7 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 14 February to 17 February (Carnival). There are also 11 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.