With the arrival of a new year, many Brazilians are already starting to plan for travel, leisure and rest dates. In 2022, we will have nine national holidays, in addition to state and local commemorative dates. However, to the sadness of many, this year there will only be one long holiday: Passion of Christ, which will be on April 15th, a Friday.
Two other commemorative dates fall on Sundays: World Labor Day and Christmas. Ash Wednesday (March 2), Independence of Brazil (September 7th) and The Dead (November 2nd) will fall on Wednesdays, making it impossible even to make an amendment with another working day of the week.
At the end of December, the Ministry of Economy also released another five holidays that will be optional points.
See the full list of the 2022 holidays:
- January 1st (Saturday), Confraternização Universal (national holiday);
- February 28 (Monday), Carnival (optional);
- March 1st (Tuesday), Carnival (optional);
- March 2 (Wednesday), Ash Wednesday (point optional until 2 pm);
- April 15 (Friday), Passion of the Christ (national holiday);
- April 21 (Thursday), Tiradentes (national holiday);
- May 1st (Sunday), World Labor Day (national holiday);
- June 16 (Thursday), Corpus Christi (optional);
- September 7 (Wednesday), Independence of Brazil (national holiday);
- October 12 (Wednesday), Nossa Senhora Aparecida (national holiday);
- October 28 (Friday), Civil Servant Day – art. 236 of Law No. 8112, of December 11, 1990, (optional point);
- November 2 (Wednesday), All Souls (national holiday);
- November 15 (Tuesday), Proclamation of the Republic (national holiday);
- December 25th (Sunday), Christmas (national holiday).
Reference: CNN Brasil
