Holidays and Observances in Spain in 2016
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Saturday | Reconquest Day | Observance | |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany | National holiday | |
| Feb 8 | Monday | Carnival Monday | Observance | |
| Feb 9 | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday | Observance | |
| Feb 10 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Sunday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 28 | Sunday | Day of Andalucía | Autonomous Community Holiday | Andalusia |
| Feb 29 | Monday | Day off for Day of Andalucía | Autonomous Community Holiday | Andalusia |
| Mar 1 | Tuesday | Day of the Balearic Islands | Local holiday | IB |
| Mar 13 | Sunday | Statute of the Autonomous City of Melilla Day | Observance | Melilla |
| Mar 19 | Saturday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| Mar 19 | Saturday | San Jose | Observance | |
| Mar 19 | Saturday | San Jose | Autonomous Community Holiday | ML, MU, PV, VC |
| Mar 20 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance | |
| Mar 20 | Sunday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 24 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance | |
| Mar 24 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Autonomous Community Holiday | All except CT, O, S, VC |
| Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday | National holiday | |
| Mar 26 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance | |
| Mar 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance | |
| Mar 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday | Observance | |
| Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday | Autonomous Community Holiday | CT, LO, NA, PV, S, VC |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Day of Aragón | Autonomous Community Holiday | Aragon |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | St George's Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Castile and León Day | Autonomous Community Holiday | Castile-Leon |
| May 1 | Sunday | Labor Day / May Day | National holiday | |
| May 1 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 2 | Monday | Labor Day observed | National holiday | All except CM, CT, GA, IB, LO, NA |
| May 2 | Monday | Day of Madrid | Autonomous Community Holiday | Madrid |
| May 15 | Sunday | Whit Sunday/Pentecost | Observance | |
| May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance | |
| May 17 | Tuesday | Galicia Literature Day | Autonomous Community Holiday | Galicia |
| May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Autonomous Community Holiday | CM |
| May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance | |
| May 30 | Monday | Day of the Canary Islands | Local holiday | Canary Islands |
| May 31 | Tuesday | Day of Castile-La Mancha | Autonomous Community Holiday | CM |
| Jun 9 | Thursday | Day of Murcia | Autonomous Community Holiday | Murcia |
| Jun 9 | Thursday | Day of La Rioja | Autonomous Community Holiday | La Rioja |
| Jun 13 | Monday | San Antonio | Autonomous Community Holiday | Ceuta |
| Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Friday | Saint John the Baptist Day | Autonomous Community Holiday | Catalonia, Galicia |
| Jun 24 | Friday | Saint John the Baptist Day | Observance | |
| Jul 7 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr | Observance | Ceuta, Melilla |
| Jul 25 | Monday | Feast of Saint James the Apostle | Autonomous Community Holiday | CL, CN, GA, LO, M, NA, PV |
| Jul 25 | Monday | Feast of Saint James the Apostle | Observance | |
| Jul 28 | Thursday | Day of the Institutions | Autonomous Community Holiday | Cantabria |
| Aug 5 | Friday | The Day of Our Lady of Africa | Autonomous Community Holiday | Ceuta |
| Aug 14 | Sunday | The Day of Cantabria | Observance | Cantabria |
| Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | National holiday | |
| Sep 2 | Friday | Day of the Independent City of Ceuta | Autonomous Community Holiday | Ceuta |
| Sep 6 | Tuesday | Elcano's Day | Observance | Basque Country |
| Sep 8 | Thursday | Day of Asturias | Autonomous Community Holiday | Asturias |
| Sep 8 | Thursday | Day of Extremadura | Autonomous Community Holiday | Extremadura |
| Sep 8 | Thursday | Virgin of the Victory | Autonomous Community Holiday | Melilla |
| Sep 11 | Sunday | National Day of Catalonia | Observance | Catalonia |
| Sep 12 | Monday | Eid al-Adha | Autonomous Community Holiday | Melilla |
| Sep 13 | Tuesday | Eid al-Adha | Autonomous Community Holiday | Ceuta |
| Sep 15 | Thursday | Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida | Autonomous Community Holiday | Cantabria |
| Sep 17 | Saturday | Day of Melilla | Autonomous Community Holiday | Melilla |
| Sep 22 | Thursday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Oct 7 | Friday | 80th anniversary of the constitution of the Basque Government in Guernica | Local holiday | Basque Country |
| Oct 9 | Sunday | Day of the Valencian Community | Autonomous Community Holiday | Valencia |
| Oct 12 | Wednesday | Hispanic Day | National holiday | |
| Oct 30 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saint's Day Holiday | National holiday | All |
| Dec 3 | Saturday | Day of Navarre | Autonomous Community Holiday | Navarre |
| Dec 6 | Tuesday | Constitution Day Holiday | National holiday | CL, CM, CN, CT, GA, IB, M, NA, PV, S |
| Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception | National holiday | |
| Dec 21 | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Observance | |
| Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day | National holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Monday After Christmas Day | Autonomous Community Holiday | All except CL, GA, M, MU, S, VC |
| Dec 26 | Monday | St Stephen's Day | Autonomous Community Holiday | CT, IB, MU |
| Dec 30 | Friday | Feast of the Holy Family | Observance | |
| Dec 31 | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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