It’s time to prepare your agenda and plan your holidays. Like every year, you can now find out which compulsory holidays in Spain and each region will be in 2022. Spanish law provides for compulsory holidays which are the same for the whole country. Regions can also benefit from their own public holidays, complicating the task when it is necessary to know the public holidays of each Spanish region. You can plan long weekends, extended holidays or just holidays. Lisbob will list its public holidays and you will find out what they have in store for you in terms of compulsory public holidays. What are the public and national holidays in Spain in 2022 ? What are the public holidays for the different regions of Spain ? Lisbob, the expatriate assistant in Spain tells you all about the calendar of public holidays in 2022 for Spain and each of its regions.
Complete list and calendar of public and national holidays in Spain and each community in 2022
WHAT ARE MANDATORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN ?
Compulsory holidays are the days when, officially, people must be put on leave by their employer, whether in the public or private sector. During compulsory holidays, employers, companies and institutions are required by law to grant their workers paid work exemption. On the other hand, companies where certain workers will have to perform tasks during that day must pay them, paying them more than if it were a normal working day.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MANDATORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN IN 2022 ?
The compulsory days of leave taken into account by Spanish law are classified into 2 categories of public holidays. Non-modifiable holidays and modifiable holidays. Spain granting a certain autonomy to these 17 communities with regard to the non-working days, it was decided to keep 7 festivals (generally related to the Catholic religion) which cannot be modified and deleted by the regions. These public holidays are therefore in the whole of Spain. On the other side, each region can modify or decide 5 public holidays, according to its traditions and customs.
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Non-modifiable Spanish public holidays
As indicated, Spain has 7 public holidays which are the same for the whole country. These are New Years, Epiphany, Good Friday, Assumption, All Saints Day, Constitution Day, and the Immaculate Conception.
Editable Spanish holidays
Each region can modify or impose 5 public holidays in the year. However, the regions do not use these 5 days just for them, and certain public holidays are common throughout the territory. For example, Saint Joseph or Holy Thursday as well as Christmas are holidays throughout Spain. Also, May 1st is workers' day and it is generally a holiday in many countries including Spain.
WHAT SERVICES ARE CLOSED DURING MANDATORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS?
As a general rule, on compulsory public holidays in Spain, the institutions which close their activity and offices are the same as those which are closed on Sundays. For example schools, banks, post offices, public administrations as well as many shops, supermarkets and factories. Employees who work on statutory holidays are generally paid more than normal hours.
LIST OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACROSS SPAIN IN 2022
In the 2022 calendar, some Autonomous Communities have chosen not to postpone to Monday the national holidays that fall on Sunday, Labor Day (May 1) and the Nativity of the Lord (December 25). Instead of moving the party to the next day, they chose to move it to one day in another month.
The eight public holidays common to all of Spain in 2022 are:
Saturday January 1: New Year.
Thursday January 6: Epiphany of the Lord (Magic).
April 15: Good Friday.
Monday August 15: Assumption of Notre-Dame.
Wednesday October 12: Fiesta de la Hispanidad.
Tuesday November 1: All Saints' Day.
Tuesday December 6: Spanish Constitution Day
Thursday December 8: Immaculate Conception.
LIST OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN EACH AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF SPAIN IN 2022
The Spanish Autonomous Communities are responsible for choosing two other public holidays, typical of each region according to their traditions; which are shared on many occasions, such as the feast of Maundy Thursday. Likewise this year, the regional governments had the possibility to choose to move, either to the following Monday or to another day of the year, Labor Day and the Christmas holidays, because in 2022 it will be May 1. and on December 25 they fall on Sunday.
Here is the full list of all public holidays for each Spanish autonomous region in 2022:
Andalucía: February 28, Monday (Andalusia Day); April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); Monday December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Aragon: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 23, Saturday (Feast of Aragon); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); Monday December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Asturias: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); September 8, Thursday (Asturias Day); Monday December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Balearic Islands: March 1, Tuesday (Balearic Islands Day); April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 18 (Easter Monday); Monday December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Canarias: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 30, Monday (Canary Islands Day); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord). The other public holiday is that of each island: Tenerife (February 2, Wednesday), La Palma (August 5, Friday), Gran Canaria (September 8, Thursday), Lanzarote (September 15, Thursday), Fuerteventura (September 16, Friday), El Hierro (Saturday September 24) and La Gomera (Monday October 3).
Cantabria: April 14 (Holy Thursday); July 28, Thursday (Cantabria Day); September 15, Wednesday (La Bien Aparecida); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Castilla-La Mancha: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 31, Tuesday (Castilla-La Mancha Day); June 16, Thursday (Corpus Christi); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Castilla y León: April 14 (Maundy Thursday), April 23, Saturday (feast of Castilla y León); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Catalonia: April 18 (Easter Monday); June 6, Monday (Easter Granada); June 24, Friday (San Juan); and December 26, Monday (San Esteban).
Community of Madrid: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 2, Monday (Community Day in Madrid); July 25, Monday (Santiago Apóstol); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Valencian Community: Saturday March 19 (San José); April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 18 (Easter Monday); June 24, Friday (San Juan).
Extremadura: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); September 8, Thursday (Extremadura Day); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Galicia: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 17, Tuesday (Galician Literature Day); June 24, Friday (San Juan); July 25, Monday (Santiago Apóstol).
La Rioja: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 18 (Easter Monday); June 9, Thursday (La Rioja Day); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Region of Murcia: April 14 (Holy Thursday); May 2, Monday (Labor Day shift); June 9, Thursday (Murcia Region Day); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord).
Navarre: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 18 (Easter Monday); July 25, Monday (Santiago Apóstol); December 3, Saturday (San Francisco Javier); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord). The municipalities of Navarre only have the choice of a local public holiday.
Basque Country: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); April 18 (Easter Monday); July 25, Monday (Santiago Apóstol); September 6, Tuesday (Elcano Day).
Ceuta: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); July 9, Saturday (Feast of the Sacrifice); August 5, Friday (Notre Dame d'Afrique); September 2, Friday (Ceuta day).
Melilla: April 14 (Maundy Thursday); May 3, Tuesday (end of Ramadan); July 11, Monday (Feast of the Sacrifice); September 8, Thursday (Virgen de la Victoria); September 17, Saturday (Melilla Day); and Monday, December 26 (transfer of the Nativity of the Lord). Includes the two local holidays.
LOCAL HOLIDAYS
The municipal councils are responsible for choosing the other two public holidays of the year, until the 14 days of festivities are over in all the localities.
