Public holidays in Venezuela 2023

14 nationwide public holidays in 2023.

Next nationwide holiday in Venezuela

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

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Nationwide holidays 2023

Date	Holiday	Local name
Sunday 1 January 2023	New Year's Day Send a card Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
Monday 20 February 2023	Carnival Monday Send a card Lunes de Carnaval	Lunes de Carnaval
Tuesday 21 February 2023	Carnival Tuesday Send a card Martes de Carnaval	Martes de Carnaval
Thursday 6 April 2023	Maundy Thursday ReligiousSend a card Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
Friday 7 April 2023	Good Friday ReligiousSend a card Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
Wednesday 19 April 2023	Declaration of Independence National daySend a card Declaración de la Independencia	Declaración de la Independencia
Monday 1 May 2023	International Worker's Day Send a card Dia Mundial del Trabajador	Dia Mundial del Trabajador
Saturday 24 June 2023	Battle of Carabobo National daySend a card Batalla de Carabobo	Batalla de Carabobo
Wednesday 5 July 2023	Independence Day National daySend a card Día de la Independencia	Día de la Independencia
Monday 24 July 2023	Birthday of Simon Bolivar Send a card Natalicio de Simón Bolívar	Natalicio de Simón Bolívar
Thursday 12 October 2023	Day of Indigenous Resistance National daySend a card Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Día de la Resistencia Indígena
Sunday 24 December 2023	Christmas Eve ReligiousSend a card Nochebuena	Nochebuena
Monday 25 December 2023	Christmas Day ReligiousSend a card Día de Navidad	Día de Navidad
Sunday 31 December 2023	New Year's Eve Send a card Fiesta de Fin de Año	Fiesta de Fin de Año

Long weekends and bridge days 2023

Based on nationwide holidays and the weekend in Venezuela (Sunday). Regional, local and group holidays are not included.

Long weekends

Sun 19 Feb – Tue 21 Feb · 3 days offCarnival Monday, Carnival TuesdayTypically in Caracas: high 27°C (81°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 26% of daysShow on calendar ↓

Bridge days

Sat 8 Apr: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 6 Apr – Sun 9 Apr)Maundy Thursday, Good FridayTypically in Caracas: high 29°C (84°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 19% of daysShow on calendar ↓

Leave planner 2023

Choose how many leave days you can take for one break. The planner finds the breaks that give the most days off in a row around nationwide holidays and weekends, and marks the leave days on the calendar below.

Leave days per break: 3

Longest break with up to 3 leave days: Thu 16 Feb – Tue 21 Feb — 6 days off for 3 leave days (Thu 16 Feb, Fri 17 Feb, Sat 18 Feb).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Sat 18 Feb) get 4 days in a rowSat 18 Feb – Tue 21 Feb · Carnival Monday, Carnival TuesdayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 8 Apr) get 4 days in a rowThu 6 Apr – Sun 9 Apr · Maundy Thursday, Good FridayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 29 Apr) get 3 days in a rowSat 29 Apr – Mon 1 May · International Worker's DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 23 Jun) get 3 days in a rowFri 23 Jun – Sun 25 Jun · Battle of CaraboboShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 22 Jul) get 3 days in a rowSat 22 Jul – Mon 24 Jul · Birthday of Simon BolivarShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 23 Dec) get 3 days in a rowSat 23 Dec – Mon 25 Dec · Christmas Eve, Christmas DayShow on calendar ↓