Nine Red Days in Spain in 2024

In 2024, Spain will celebrate a total of nine national holidays, commonly known as Red Days, to which we must also add regional holidays, local holidays, and, for those appropriate, extra school holidays. In some areas, to complicate matters further, holidays celebrated on a weekend are also moved.

Specifically, in 2024 there was a holiday throughout Spain on Monday, January 1 (New Year), and the next is on Saturday, January 6 (Epiphany of the Lord).

After that, we have to wait until Easter, with Friday, March 29 (Good Friday), and some regions celebrating the Thursday or Monday too.

Wednesday, May 1 (Labour Day), Thursday, August 15 (Assumption of the Virgin), Saturday, October 12 (Spanish National Holiday), Friday, November 1 (All Saints), Friday, December 6 (Spanish Constitution Day) and on Wednesday, December 25 (Nativity of the Lord).

Regarding Easter, Thursday, March 28 (Holy Thursday), will be a holiday throughout Spain except in the Valencian Community and Catalonia, but not with Friday, January 6, Three Kings’ Day, which all communities have decided to maintain.

Among the faculties recognised by the autonomous communities is also the possibility of replacing the rest on the Monday following the national holidays that coincide on Sunday with the incorporation of others that are traditional to them, as well as the option of celebrating San José (March 19) or Santiago Apóstol (July 25) in its corresponding territory.

In addition, December 9 (the Monday after the Immaculate Conception) will be a holiday in Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Murcia and Melilla; Thursday, July 25 (Santiago Apóstol) will only be a holiday in Cantabria, Galicia, Madrid, Navarra and the Basque Country, and Tuesday, March 19 (San José) will only be a holiday in Murcia and the Valencian Community.

To get the full rundown of holidays where you live, you can consult your local Social Security office, who also offer a calendar online, and your town hall.

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