ARCHIVED - Public and bank holidays in the Region of Murcia 2020

Check now to find the long weekends on the calendar for 2020!

National, regional and local holidays in all 45 municipalities of the Region of Murcia

Although the official list of public holidays seldom contains any surprises, it always arouses great interest as people scan the calendar for “puentes” (bridges), as long weekends are referred to in Spanish.

One peculiarity of the 2020 calendar is that the Day of the Constitution (6th December) falls on a Sunday and is therefore carried over to the following day, forming an automatic “Puente” with the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday 8^th!

However, All Saints’ Day (1^st November) also falls on a Sunday but is not carried over to the Monday.

In addition, as is invariably the case, the Murcia government has named the two other regional fiestas on the feast day of San José (also Father’s Day, on 19th March) and on Maundy Thursday, which in 2020 falls on 9th April.

The full list of “red day” holidays for 2020 in Murcia thus reads as follows:

Wednesday 1st January (New Year)

Monday 6th January (Three Kings)

Thursday 19th March (San José) (a holiday in Murcia but not in the whole of Spain)

Thursday 9th April (Maundy Thursday) (a holiday in Murcia but not in the whole of Spain)

Friday 10th April (Good Friday)

Friday 1st May (Workers Day)

Tuesday 9th June (Region of Murcia Day) (a holiday in Murcia but not in the whole of Spain)

Saturday 15th August (Assumption Day)

Monday 12th October (National Day of Spain)

Monday 7th December (Constitution Day, carried over from the day before)

Tuesday 8^th December (Immaculate Conception)

Friday 25th December (Christmas)

In addition, each municipality nominates its own two local holidays during the year, and in 2019 the Town Halls have chosen the following dates to coincide with local fiestas:

Abanilla: 4^th May and 14^th September

Abarán: 14^th April and 28th September

Águilas: 25th February and 3^rd April

Albudeite: 17th January and 8th September

Alcantarilla: 29th May and 15th September

Los Alcázares: 8^th June and 13^th October

Aledo: 27th and 28th August

Alguazas: 12th June and 16th July

Alhama de Murcia: 3rd February and 7th October

Archena: 11th June and 1^st September

Beniel: 3rd February and 24th August

Blanca: 3^rd and 17^th April

Bullas: 5^th and 6^th October

Calasparra: 30th July and 8th September

Campos del Río: 17th January and 24th June

Caravaca de la Cruz: 2nd and 4th May

Cartagena: 3^rd April and 25th September

Cehegín: 10th and 12th September

Ceutí: 17^th January and 13^th April

Cieza: 24th August and 8^th September

Fortuna: 13^th April and 14th August

Fuente Álamo: 20th July and 28th August

Jumilla: 13th April and 8^th June

La Unión: 3^rd April and 7^th October

Librilla: 21^st and 24th August

Lorca: 8th September and 23rd November

Lorquí: 17^th January and 24th July

Mazarrón: 13th June and 17th November

Molina de Segura: 17th January and 21^st September

Moratalla: 15^th June and 29^th September

Mula: 21^st and 23rd September

Murcia: 14^th April and 15^th September

Ojós: 27th and 28th August

Pliego: 8^th and 9th September

Puerto Lumbreras: 7th July and 7th October

Ricote: 20^th and 22nd January

San Javier: 3^rd February and 3rd December

San Pedro del Pinatar: 29th June and 16th July

Santomera: 29th September and 7th October

Torre Pacheco: 7th October and 26th December

Las Torres de Cotillas: 14^th April and 28th August

Totana: 7^th January and 10th December

Ulea: 17th January and 24^th August

Villanueva del Río Segura: 17th January and 16th July

Yecla: 16^th May and 14^th September

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