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🇵🇹 Portugal Long Weekends 2026

5 long weekends in Portugal in 2026. Plan your trips around these dates.

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Good Friday + Easter Sunday
3 days
3 April 2026 — 5 April 2026
Labour Day
3 days
1 May 2026 — 3 May 2026
Azores Day
3 days
30 May 2026 — 1 June 2026
Republic Day
3 days
3 October 2026 — 5 October 2026
Christmas Day + St. Stephen's Day
3 days
25 December 2026 — 27 December 2026
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Long Weekends Summary — Portugal 2026

Longest
Good Friday + Easter Sunday — 3 days, no leave used
By length
0 × 4-day, 5 × 3-day

How long weekends are calculated

A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend. It runs longer when holidays stack — Good Friday plus Easter Monday gives four days — and only statutory days off count, never days that are merely customary. All of these need no annual leave.
Source: Diário da República — Código do Trabalho, art. 234 ↗ (the governing law) · Dates verified annually. · Report an error
Art. 234 lists the mandatory holidays; art. 235 makes Carnival optional, which is why we do not count it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many long weekends does Portugal have in 2026?+
Portugal has 5 long weekends in 2026: 0 four-day weekends, and 5 three-day weekends.
What's the longest weekend in Portugal in 2026?+
The longest is around Good Friday + Easter Sunday, running from 3 April 2026 to 5 April 2026 — 3 consecutive days off with no leave days needed.
How are long weekends calculated?+
A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend, without using any annual leave. It gets longer when holidays stack: Good Friday plus Easter Monday makes a 4-day weekend, and a holiday on both the Thursday and the Friday makes four days from Thursday to Sunday. Days that are widely taken off but are not statutory — Christmas Eve in Sweden, or the day after Ascension in Belgium — do not count, because your employer is not obliged to give them to you.
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