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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Spain

The list of Spain bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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05 Jan 2010 (ABC-EFE) For the second time ever, all 4 of Spain's stock markets will remain open tomorrow, on the January 6, nationwide Epiphany public holiday. • 09 Dec 2009 (El País-Barcelona) The Minister of Labour of Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia, Mar Serna, is asking the central government for more flexibility in moving mid-week public holidays to the nearest Monday. • 09 Nov 2009 (Diari Oficial de la Comunitat Valenciana-Valencia) The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of the Comunidad Valenciana. • 07 Oct 2009 (Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid-Madrid) The Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. • 25 Sep 2009 (Boletín Oficial de Castilla y León-BOCYL) The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Castilla y León has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León. • 20 Sep 2009 (Agencia EFE-Melilla) The main opposition party of Spain's autonomous region of Melilla is campaigning to have the, September 17, Melilla Foundation Day public holiday abolished, or at least moved to another date. • 18 Sep 2009 (Europa Press-Ceuta) Earlier today, all the political parties represented in the regional assembly of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta (PP, UDCE-IU and PSOE) have approved the declaration of the Eid al-Adha (Pascua musulmana del sacrificio). • 16 Sep 2009 (El Faro-Ceuta) The Presidency of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta will debate the inclusion of the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) as part of that region's 2 allowed public holidays. • 16 Sep 2009 (Boletín Oficial del la Región de Murcia-BORM) The Consejo de Gobierno de la Región de Murcia has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región de Murcia. • 15 Sep 2009 (EFE-Melilla) The main opposition party of Spain's autonomous territory of Ceuta, the UDCE (Unión Demócrata Ceutí) has called on the regional government to also declare the Muslim festival of the Feast of Sacrifice as one of Ceuta's 2 regional public holiday. • 14 Sep 2009 (Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha-DOCM) The Consejo de Gobierno de Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla La-Mancha has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha. • 22 Aug 2009 (Diario Sur-Mellila) The spokesperson of the government of Spain's autonomous province of Mellila, Daniel Conesa, has confirmed that, starting in 2010, the Eid al-Adha (aka. Aid el Kebir or Feast of the Ram) would be an official regional public holiday. • 14 Aug 2009 (Boletín Oficial de Cantabria-BOC) The Gobierno de Cantabria has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cantabria. • 13 Aug 2009 (Boletin Oficial De La Rioja-La Rioja) The Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo of Spain's Autonomous Region of La Rioja has published the list of regional public holidays for 2010 in La Rioja. • 20 Jul 2009 (Diario Oficial de Extremadura-DOE) The Consejería de Igualdad y Empleo de Extremadura of Spain's Autonomous Region of Extremadura has published the list of regional public holidays for 2010 in the Extremadura. • 17 Jul 2009 (Consejo de la Xunta de Galicia-Santiago de Compostela) The government of Spain's Autonomous Region of Galicia has published the list of regional public holidays for 2010 in Galicia. • 06 Jul 2009 (Boletín Oficial de Aragón-BOA) The Consejo de Gobierno de Aragón has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Aragón. • 01 Jul 2009 (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía-BOJA) The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Galicia. • 26 Jun 2009 (Boletín Oficial de Navarra-BON) The Directora General de Trabajo y Prevención de Riesgos de Navarra has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región of Navarra. • 21 Jun 2009 (Diario de Ibiza-Palma) Spain's autonomous region of the Balears has announced its official calendar of 2010 public holidays. • 05 Jun 2009 (Diario Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya-DOGC) The Conselleria de Treball de la Generalitat de Catalunya has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cataluña. • 27 Mar 2009 (Euskal Herriko Agintaritzaren Aldizkaria-Bilbao) The Consejería de Igualdad y Empleo de Extremadura of Spain's Autonomous Region of País Vasco (Basque Country) has published the list of regional public holidays for 2010 in the Basque Country. • 28 Feb 2009 (Murcia.com) The executive of Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has released its calendar of official public holidays for 2010. • 03 Dec 2008 (El País-Melilla) Sources: El País (Melilla) and Spain public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's autonomous territory of Melilla has voted to make the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) Muslim festival one of the autonomy's 2 public holidays that it is allowed to choose, starting in 2010. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Spain public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Administrative Division: For the purpose of public holidays, Spain is divided into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas), and two African autonomous cities (ciudades autónomas). Their abbreviations are: • • Andalucía (AN), • Aragón (AR), • Asturias (O), • Balearic Islands (IB), • Basque Country (PV), • Canary Islands (CN), • Cantabria (S), • Castilla-La Mancha (CM), • Castilla y León (CL), • Catalonia (CT), • Ceuta (CE), • Extremadura (EX), • Galicia (GA), • La Rioja (LO), • Madrid (M), • Melilla (ML), • Murcia (MU), • Navarra (NA), • Valencia (VC), • as set out in ISO 3166-2:ES . • National and Regional Public Holidays: Spanish regions, towns, villages and cities have additional public holidays of their own. There is a base of, usually 9, public holidays that are common to all regions of Spain, plus Epiphany and Maundy Thursday which each region can replace with one or two region-specific public holidays. Regions also have the option of adding a regional public holiday, without removing any of the common ones, or Epiphany and Maundy Thursday . • Epiphany: although it is, in theory, with Maundy Thursday, one of the 2 public holidays that each region can replace with another, in practice, over the last 30 years there has been only one occasion, in Catalonia, when Epiphany was not observed somewhere in Spain. • Maundy Thursday is not a public holiday in Catalonia. • Easter Monday is a public holiday in Catalonia, the Basque Region, Valencia, Navarra, and La Rioja. • Although Christmas Eve is not a public holiday, some shops and businesses may be closed or will close early on this day. • Saint Stephen's Day is a public holiday in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. • Annual Selection of Regional Holidays: The main reason why the specific public holidays for each province and municipality change every year, is that these are usually patron saint days, which always occur on a fixed date. Therefore, when these fixed dates fall on a weekend, another holiday or patron saint is chosen for that year, to avoid "wasting" a holiday. • Note that 2 of the country-wide public holidays, Constitution Day and Immaculate Conception Day, are only one day apart (December 6 and 8). Therefore, certain years, depending on which days of the week these holidays occur, December 7 can become a de facto public holiday, with either businesses closing for the 3 days, or individuals taking the day off to make the bridge (hacer puente). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are not officially moved to the following Monday. • However, when a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, it is common practice to "make the bridge" (hacer puente) by taking off the Friday or Monday so creating a very long weekend. When this happens you may find businesses running on short staff or smaller family run business closed for the full period . • Electoral law does not allow electoral polls to take place within 3 months of each other. • Spain International Codes ES and ESP (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .es (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Spain information and news: Bank of Spain (Spain central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Spain maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Spain), and Wikipedia (includes Spain commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Spain, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Spain that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Spain were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Spain, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Spain, before planning any trip to Spain. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.