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