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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Portugal

The list of Portugal bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, 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 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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07 Feb 2007 (Rádio Lumena) Municipal and regional civil servants in the Azores will get a tolerância de ponto on the occasion of the Carnival public holiday (Tuesday February 20), allowing them to be on holidays from February 17-21, inclusively. • 18 Dec 2006 A metro strike is scheduled to take place in Lisbon, from 0630 to 1200, on December 19, 2006. Alternative bus service will be provided during the hours of the strike. Additional work stoppages are scheduled to take place on 9 and 11 January 2007. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Portugal public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Portugal are regulated by the 1976 Decreto-ley núm. 874/76 relativo a las vacaciones, días feriados y ausencias (Diário da República, 1976-12-28), and in articles 208 to 232, 255 and 259 of the New Labour Code of 2003 (Código do Trabalho, Lei n.º 99/2003, de 27.08, com Declaração de Rectificação n.º 15/2003, de 28.10) which makes a distinction between feriados obrigatórios and feriados facultativos. The list of public holidays may not be altered by collective agreement or individual contract of employment (Article 21). • A distinction is made between the twelve mandatory and the two discretionary public holidays: the latter may each be replaced by any other day by agreement between employer and employees. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Regional Holidays: Towns, cities, and regions may have additional public holidays . • In particular, Saint Anthony's Day is observed in Lisbon only. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Portugal (Portugal central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Portugal, 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. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Portugal, 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 Portugal, before planning any trip to Portugal. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.