Public holidays in Venezuela 2025

17 nationwide public holidays in 2025.

Next nationwide holiday in Venezuela

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2025

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 January Wednesday	Wednesday	New Year's Day Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
3 March Monday	Monday	Carnival Monday Lunes de Carnaval	Lunes de Carnaval
4 March Tuesday	Tuesday	Carnival Tuesday Martes de Carnaval	Martes de Carnaval
17 April Thursday	Thursday	Maundy Thursday Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
18 April Friday	Friday	Good Friday Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
19 April Saturday	Saturday	Declaration of Independence Declaración de la Independencia	Declaración de la Independencia
1 May Thursday	Thursday	International Worker's Day Dia Mundial del Trabajador	Dia Mundial del Trabajador
15 May Thursday	Thursday	Family Day Día de la Familia	Día de la Familia
24 June Tuesday	Tuesday	Battle of Carabobo Batalla de Carabobo	Batalla de Carabobo
5 July Saturday	Saturday	Independence Day Día de la Independencia	Día de la Independencia
24 July Thursday	Thursday	Birthday of Simon Bolivar Natalicio de Simón Bolívar	Natalicio de Simón Bolívar
12 October Sunday	Sunday	Day of Indigenous Resistance Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Día de la Resistencia Indígena
19 October Sunday	Sunday	Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles	Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles
20 October Monday	Monday	Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles	Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles
24 December Wednesday	Wednesday	Christmas Eve Nochebuena	Nochebuena
25 December Thursday	Thursday	Christmas Day Día de Navidad	Día de Navidad
31 December Wednesday	Wednesday	New Year's Eve Fiesta de Fin de Año	Fiesta de Fin de Año

Long weekends and bridge days 2025

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

Long weekends

Sun 2 Mar – Tue 4 Mar · 3 days off
Carnival Monday, Carnival Tuesday
Typically in Caracas: high 27°C (81°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 19% of days
Thu 17 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · 4 days off
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Declaration of Independence
Typically in Caracas: high 29°C (84°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 9% of days

Bridge days

Mon 23 Jun: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Sun 22 Jun – Tue 24 Jun)
Battle of Carabobo
Typically in Caracas: high 29°C (84°F), low 22°C (72°F), rain on 46% of days

Leave planner 2025

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: Sun 13 Apr – Sun 20 Apr — 8 days off for 3 leave days (Mon 14 Apr, Tue 15 Apr, Wed 16 Apr).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Sat 1 Mar) get 4 days in a rowSat 1 Mar – Tue 4 Mar · Carnival Monday, Carnival TuesdayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Wed 16 Apr) get 5 days in a rowWed 16 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Declaration of IndependenceShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Mon 23 Jun) get 3 days in a rowSun 22 Jun – Tue 24 Jun · Battle of CaraboboShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 4 Jul) get 3 days in a rowFri 4 Jul – Sun 6 Jul · Independence DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sat 18 Oct) get 3 days in a rowSat 18 Oct – Mon 20 Oct · Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen RendilesShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Tue 23 Dec) get 3 days in a rowTue 23 Dec – Thu 25 Dec · Christmas Eve, Christmas DayShow on calendar ↓