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Brazil working days and public holidays 2025

Brazil, 2025: 253–254 working days, depending on the region. There are 12 national public holidays, and regions add their own. The table below and the calculator, once you pick a region, give the exact number.

Brazil 2025 at a glance

The number of working days depends on the region. Pick a region to see the exact number.

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Working days (depends on the region)
253–254
Standard hours
2024–2032
Free days
111–112
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
12
Free days from holidays
7
Holidays on weekends
5

Public holidays 2025

January

  • 1 Jan Wednesday New Year's Day (Confraternização Universal)

April

  • 18 Apr Friday Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa)
  • 20 Apr Sunday Easter Sunday (Domingo de Páscoa) Weekend
  • 21 Apr Monday Tiradentes (Dia de Tiradentes)

May

  • 1 May Thursday Labour Day (Dia do Trabalhador)

June

  • 19 Jun Thursday Corpus Christi

July

  • 9 Jul Wednesday Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932) São Paulo

September

  • 7 Sept Sunday Independence Day (Dia da Independência) Weekend

October

  • 12 Oct Sunday Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida) Weekend

November

  • 2 Nov Sunday All Souls' Day (Dia de Finados) Weekend
  • 15 Nov Saturday Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) Weekend
  • 20 Nov Thursday Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra)

December

  • 25 Dec Thursday Christmas Day (Natal)

Working days by month 2025, national holidays only

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Confraternização Universal) 22 176
February 20 160
March 21 168
April 18 Apr Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa), 20 Apr Easter Sunday (Domingo de Páscoa), 21 Apr Tiradentes (Dia de Tiradentes) 20 160
May 1 May Labour Day (Dia do Trabalhador) 21 168
June 19 Jun Corpus Christi 20 160
July 23 184
August 21 168
September 7 Sep Independence Day (Dia da Independência) 22 176
October 12 Oct Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida) 23 184
November 2 Nov All Souls' Day (Dia de Finados), 15 Nov Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República), 20 Nov Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) 19 152
December 25 Dec Christmas Day (Natal) 22 176
Total 254 2032

Working days by region 2025

Region Working days Hours
São Paulo9 Jul Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932) 253 2024
Other regions 254 2032

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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Working days and public holidays in other countries