Sunday, 1 November 2026
Confirmed — source checked
This is the first listed date for this year; a separate observance date has not been assigned.
All Saints’ Day, Dia de Todos os Santos, is a compulsory Portuguese holiday on 1 November.
Bank, office and school arrangements require the applicable authority or institution notice. Missing scope data does not mean open.
Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Confirmed — source checked
Next listed holiday day on or after today; this can be a closure day rather than the festival date.
Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.
Official public holiday law or calendar
Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27
Portugal’s national mandatory holidays are shown. Municipal holidays and the autonomous regions’ local observances are outside this nationwide calendar.
Government departments and most ordinary workplaces close under the mandatory holiday rule.
Branches shut for the day; electronic access continues with non-business-day processing.
Schools close when the date falls in the working week, subject to the national academic calendar.
The Catholic feast honours all saints. In Portugal it is also closely associated with visiting and decorating family graves around the beginning of November.
The day combines religious observance with remembrance and gives families time to maintain connections with deceased relatives.
People attend Mass, visit cemeteries and place flowers on graves. Some communities preserve the children’s bread-for-God custom, Pão-por-Deus.
Cemetery approaches can be crowded and subject to traffic management. Regional buses may use special or reduced timetables.
It is fixed on 1 November.
It is a Portuguese custom in which children request treats or bread on 1 November.
Yes, it is listed in Portugal’s Labour Code.
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