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Holiday and vacation planner (Brazil): best bridge days and when to take time off

Brazil's holidays for your state and city, the bridge days worth taking and the CLT vacation plans that give you the most rest — with a year calendar and an .ics file.

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Year
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Best vacation plan

44 days off

with 30 vacation days in 2027

Best bridge days

Days to take off (day off, hour bank or a company bridge) that join a holiday to the weekend.

  1. Take Mon 09/064 days offSat 09/04 to Tue 09/07 · Independence Day
  2. Take Mon 10/114 days offSat 10/09 to Tue 10/12 · Our Lady of Aparecida
  3. Take Mon 11/014 days offSat 10/30 to Tue 11/02 · All Souls’ Day
  4. Take Mon 04/19 + Tue 04/205 days offSat 04/17 to Wed 04/21 · Tiradentes
  5. Take Thu 04/22 + Fri 04/235 days offWed 04/21 to Sun 04/25 · Tiradentes

Long weekends

  • Fri 01/01 to Sun 01/033 days offNew Year’s Day
  • Fri 03/26 to Sun 03/283 days offGood Friday
  • Sat 11/13 to Mon 11/153 days offRepublic Day

Your year

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Vacation rules (CLT art. 134): up to 3 periods, one of at least 14 days and the others of at least 5; a period cannot start in the 2 days before a holiday or Sunday. Plans count vacation in calendar days and favour periods that do not swallow a holiday.

State holidays: those set by state law and kept in the state court calendar. Check your city hall for municipal holidays.

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About this tool

Choose the year, your state and any city holidays, and say how many vacation days you have. The planner lists every holiday with its weekday, the long weekends, the best bridge days (one day off that turns a Tuesday holiday into four days of rest) and three vacation plans that follow the CLT — all at once, in 2 periods or in 3 — showing how many days in a row you will be off and which plan covers the most working days. Pick a plan to see it on the year calendar and add holidays and vacation to your phone's calendar.

How to use it

  1. 1 Choose the year and your state; type your city's holidays if you know them (dd/mm/yyyy).
  2. 2 Tick Carnival and Corpus Christi if your employer gives them off, and Saturday if you work on Saturdays.
  3. 3 Set how many vacation days you have (30, or 20 if you sell 10) and, if needed, the dates the vacation must fit between.
  4. 4 Compare the plans, pick one to see it on the calendar and add everything to your calendar with the .ics button.

Frequently asked questions

How does the planner choose the best vacation dates?

Vacation in Brazil is counted in calendar days, so a holiday inside your vacation is a day off you would have had anyway. The planner first looks for periods that cover the most working days (no holiday wasted), then for the longest rest in a row, counting the weekends and holidays right before and after.

Which CLT rules does it follow?

Article 134: vacation can be split into up to 3 periods, one of at least 14 days and the others of at least 5, and it cannot start in the 2 days before a holiday or the weekly rest day (Sunday). The final dates still need your employer's agreement.

What is a bridge day?

A working day between a holiday and the weekend — the Monday before a Tuesday holiday, for example. It is not vacation: it can be a day off agreed with your employer, hours from an hour bank or a bridge the company gives.

Are city holidays included?

National and state holidays are built in. Type your city's holidays (for example 25/01 in São Paulo) and they count too; capital cities will come pre-filled in a later version.

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