Public holidays in Venezuela 2025

17 nationwide public holidays in 2025.

Next nationwide holiday in Venezuela

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

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Nationwide holidays 2025

Date	Holiday	Local name
Wednesday 1 January 2025	New Year's Day Send a card Año Nuevo	Año Nuevo
Monday 3 March 2025	Carnival Monday Send a card Lunes de Carnaval	Lunes de Carnaval
Tuesday 4 March 2025	Carnival Tuesday Send a card Martes de Carnaval	Martes de Carnaval
Thursday 17 April 2025	Maundy Thursday ReligiousSend a card Jueves Santo	Jueves Santo
Friday 18 April 2025	Good Friday ReligiousSend a card Viernes Santo	Viernes Santo
Saturday 19 April 2025	Declaration of Independence National daySend a card Declaración de la Independencia	Declaración de la Independencia
Thursday 1 May 2025	International Worker's Day Send a card Dia Mundial del Trabajador	Dia Mundial del Trabajador
Thursday 15 May 2025	Family Day Send a card Día de la Familia	Día de la Familia
Tuesday 24 June 2025	Battle of Carabobo National daySend a card Batalla de Carabobo	Batalla de Carabobo
Saturday 5 July 2025	Independence Day National daySend a card Día de la Independencia	Día de la Independencia
Thursday 24 July 2025	Birthday of Simon Bolivar Send a card Natalicio de Simón Bolívar	Natalicio de Simón Bolívar
Sunday 12 October 2025	Day of Indigenous Resistance National daySend a card Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Día de la Resistencia Indígena
Sunday 19 October 2025	Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles ReligiousSend a card Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles	Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles
Monday 20 October 2025	Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles ReligiousSend a card Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles	Canonización de José Gregorio Hernández y la Madre Carmen Rendiles
Wednesday 24 December 2025	Christmas Eve ReligiousSend a card Nochebuena	Nochebuena
Thursday 25 December 2025	Christmas Day ReligiousSend a card Día de Navidad	Día de Navidad
Wednesday 31 December 2025	New Year's Eve Send a card 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 offCarnival Monday, Carnival TuesdayTypically in Caracas: high 27°C (81°F), low 20°C (68°F), rain on 19% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Thu 17 Apr – Sun 20 Apr · 4 days offMaundy Thursday, Good Friday, Declaration of IndependenceTypically in Caracas: high 29°C (84°F), low 21°C (70°F), rain on 9% of daysShow on calendar ↓

Bridge days

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

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 ↓