Ceuta approves 14 public holidays for 2027 with two Muslim holidays

The Autonomous City of Ceuta already has its official calendar of public holidays for 2027. The Official Gazette of the City of Ceuta (BOCCE) No. 6,668, corresponding to Tuesday, November 10, 2026, publishes in its provision 748 the complete list of the fourteen holidays for next year, including two Muslim holidays and Ceuta Day. The publication officializes a calendar that affects all employees and the ordinary activity of companies, businesses, and schools in the city.

Fourteen holidays, one by one

The list published on page 3810 of the gazette establishes the following non-working days:

• January 1: New Year’s Day.
• January 6: Epiphany of the Lord.
• March 10: Eid al-Fitr (Festival of the End of Ramadan).
• March 25: Maundy Thursday.
• March 26: Good Friday.
• May 1: Labor Day.
• May 17: Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice).
• August 5: Our Lady of Africa.
• September 2: Ceuta Day.
• October 12: National Day of Spain.
• November 1: All Saints’ Day.
• December 6: Spanish Constitution Day.
• December 8: Immaculate Conception.
• December 25: Nativity of the Lord.

The list combines national holidays with those specific to the autonomous city. Among the latter, the two celebrations of the Muslim community stand out—Eid al-Fitr, which closes the month of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice—as well as Our Lady of Africa, patron saint of Ceuta, on August 5, and Ceuta Day, on September 2. Holy Week is set with Maundy Thursday (March 25) and Good Friday (March 26).

Presidential Decree and resolution of the Government Delegation

The calendar does not originate in the gazette, but is based on two previous acts that provision 748 expressly invokes. The first is the Decree of September 11, 2026, of the Presidency of the City of Ceuta, which determines the calendar of public holidays for the city for the year 2027. The second is the Resolution dated October 28, 2026, of the Government Delegation in Ceuta, which publishes the list of local holidays of the Autonomous City for the same fiscal year.

With both precedents, the BOCCE limits itself to making the final list of holidays public. The announcement appears signed by the counselor of Presidency and Governance, Alberto Ramón Gaitán Rodríguez, dated November 3, 2026, and is inserted in the General Provisions section of the gazette, within the section corresponding to the Autonomous City of Ceuta.

A calendar with two holidays on weekends

The 2027 distribution leaves several dates falling on Saturdays, including May 1, Labor Day, and December 25, Christmas Day, which reduces the number of effective long weekends for workers. On the opposite end, Ceuta Day falls on a Thursday, while November 1 and December 6 coincide on Mondays.

The calendar is also published at a time when the city is already looking ahead to the start of 2027: the same bulletin announces the call for the Ceuta Carnival 2027 poster, which will be held from January 23 to February 14, so the sequence of local holidays—starting with New Year’s Day and the Epiphany—will set the pace for the first months of the year.

Impact for companies, families, and schools

The official fixing of the fourteen holidays allows companies to organize shifts, closures, and production schedules, and families and educational centers to plan vacations and long weekends with certain dates. For the city, the confirmation of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as full holidays maintains the recognition of Ceuta’s social reality in the labor calendar, a uniqueness that distinguishes Ceuta from the rest of the autonomous communities and has been repeated every year for decades. Publication in the official bulletin also provides legal certainty to labor relations: any doubt regarding a non-working day in 2027 is resolved with the list approved and disseminated this Tuesday.

Source: Official Bulletin of the City of Ceuta (BOCCE), no. 6,668, November 10, 2026, General Provisions, page 3810 (official reference: provision 748).