Brazil 2028 calendar with holidays, ready to print

Each month is a table with the week starting on Sunday. The print builder above can switch that, add week numbers and a notes column, and lay the year out on 1, 6 or 12 pages.

Of the 10 national holidays in 2028, 9 fall on weekdays and 1 on a weekend: New Year's Day (Confraternização Universal) on Saturday, January 1. Brazilian federal law does not move holidays to a weekday, so that date gives no extra day off, leaving 251 business days in the year.

Carnival 2028 is February 28 and 29, Ash Wednesday (March 1) runs until 2 pm, and Corpus Christi is Thursday, June 15. None of them is a national holiday: they are optional days for the federal civil service and holidays only where a state or city law says so, which is why they are outlined rather than filled.

The federal ordinance listing the 2028 optional days is normally published in late December 2027. The calendar marks the ones every ordinance repeats (Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Corpus Christi and Public Servant Day on October 28); extra bridge days appear only if the 2028 ordinance adds them.

Long weekends in 2028 from national holidays alone: Good Friday (Paixão de Cristo): Friday, April 14 to Sunday, April 16; Tiradentes Day (Tiradentes): Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 23; Labor Day (Dia Mundial do Trabalho): Saturday, April 29 to Monday, May 1; Black Consciousness Day (Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra): Saturday, November 18 to Monday, November 20; Christmas Day (Natal): Saturday, December 23 to Monday, December 25. With one day of leave: Independence Day (Independência do Brasil): Thursday, September 7 to Sunday, September 10, taking Friday, September 8 off; Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida): Thursday, October 12 to Sunday, October 15, taking Friday, October 13 off; All Souls' Day (Finados): Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5, taking Friday, November 3 off.

2028 is a municipal election year: the first round is on October 1 and any runoff on October 29. Article 380 of the Electoral Code makes election day a national holiday, but it is always a Sunday, so it changes nothing on the calendar and is not counted.

State holidays and city holidays are not shown because they differ from place to place: Lei 9.093/1995 lets each city set up to four religious holidays, Good Friday (April 14 in 2028) included. Turn on the notes column to write in your local ones.

1. Pick a layout: the whole year on one sheet (for a wall or the fridge), one month per page (12 pages with room to write) or two months per page (6 pages).
2. Pick paper and orientation. A4 (210 × 297 mm, ISO 216) is preselected because it is the standard paper in Brazil and Portugal; switch to US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) if that is what your printer holds. The paper chosen here has to match the one in the print dialog, or the browser shrinks the page or clips the edge.
3. Press Print / Save as PDF. In the browser dialog keep scale at 100% ("Actual size") and turn off "Headers and footers" so the URL does not print on the page.
4. To keep a file instead of paper, choose "Save as PDF" as the destination. For a black-and-white printer turn on ink saver: holidays get a black outline instead of a blue fill.

Brazilian calendars start the week on Sunday, so that is the default here. Switch to Monday in the builder if your planner does.

Need a page per week instead of a year at a glance? The weekly planner prints one week with lines for each day, three priorities, a to-do list and a habit tracker, dated with the holidays or blank to reuse.

Open the weekly planner

How many national holidays does Brazil have in 2028?

10: New Year's Day (Confraternização Universal), Good Friday (Paixão de Cristo), Tiradentes Day (Tiradentes), Labor Day (Dia Mundial do Trabalho), Independence Day (Independência do Brasil), Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora Aparecida), All Souls' Day (Finados), Proclamation of the Republic (Proclamação da República), Black Consciousness Day (Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra), and Christmas Day (Natal). 9 fall on weekdays and 1 on a weekend. The 5 federal optional days, Carnival among them, are not part of that count.

When is Carnival 2028 in Brazil?

Monday and Tuesday, February 28 and 29, 2028, 48 and 47 days before Easter (April 16). Ash Wednesday, March 1, is an optional day until 2 pm. Carnival is not a national holiday; it is a federal optional day and a holiday only where local law makes it one.

How do I print the 2028 Brazil calendar on A4?

Choose "Whole year, 1 page" (or one month per page), A4 and an orientation, press Print / Save as PDF, and in the browser dialog confirm A4, 100% scale and headers and footers off. To keep a file, pick "Save as PDF" as the destination.

Which 2028 holidays in Brazil make a long weekend?

5 three-day weekends come from national holidays alone: Good Friday (Paixão de Cristo): Friday, April 14 to Sunday, April 16; Tiradentes Day (Tiradentes): Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 23; Labor Day (Dia Mundial do Trabalho): Saturday, April 29 to Monday, May 1; Black Consciousness Day (Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra): Saturday, November 18 to Monday, November 20; Christmas Day (Natal): Saturday, December 23 to Monday, December 25.