Get Official Public Holidays in Brazil for a Given Year
Source:R/get_brazil_holidays.R
get_brazil_holidays.RdRetrieves the list of official public holidays in Brazil for a specific year using the Nager.Date public holidays API. This function returns a tibble containing the date of the holiday, the name in the local language (Portuguese), and the English name. It is useful for academic, planning, and data analysis purposes. The information is retrieved directly from the Nager.Date API and reflects the current status of holidays for the requested year. The field names returned are consistent with the API structure.
Source
Data obtained from the Nager.Date API: https://date.nager.at/
Value
A tibble with the following columns:
date: Date of the holiday (classDate)local_name: Holiday name in the local language (Portuguese)name: Holiday name in English
Examples
get_brazil_holidays(2024)
#> # A tibble: 15 × 3
#> date local_name name
#> <date> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2024-01-01 Confraternização Universal New Year's Day
#> 2 2024-02-12 Carnaval Carnival
#> 3 2024-02-13 Carnaval Carnival
#> 4 2024-03-29 Sexta-feira Santa Good Friday
#> 5 2024-03-31 Domingo de Páscoa Easter Sunday
#> 6 2024-04-21 Dia de Tiradentes Tiradentes
#> 7 2024-05-01 Dia do Trabalhador Labour Day
#> 8 2024-05-30 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi
#> 9 2024-07-09 Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution…
#> 10 2024-09-07 Dia da Independência Independence Day
#> 11 2024-10-12 Nossa Senhora Aparecida Our Lady of Aparecida
#> 12 2024-11-02 Dia de Finados All Souls' Day
#> 13 2024-11-15 Proclamação da República Republic Proclamation Day
#> 14 2024-11-20 Dia da Consciência Negra Black Awareness Day
#> 15 2024-12-25 Natal Christmas Day
get_brazil_holidays(2025)
#> # A tibble: 15 × 3
#> date local_name name
#> <date> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-01-01 Confraternização Universal New Year's Day
#> 2 2025-03-03 Carnaval Carnival
#> 3 2025-03-04 Carnaval Carnival
#> 4 2025-04-18 Sexta-feira Santa Good Friday
#> 5 2025-04-20 Domingo de Páscoa Easter Sunday
#> 6 2025-04-21 Dia de Tiradentes Tiradentes
#> 7 2025-05-01 Dia do Trabalhador Labour Day
#> 8 2025-06-19 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi
#> 9 2025-07-09 Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution…
#> 10 2025-09-07 Dia da Independência Independence Day
#> 11 2025-10-12 Nossa Senhora Aparecida Our Lady of Aparecida
#> 12 2025-11-02 Dia de Finados All Souls' Day
#> 13 2025-11-15 Proclamação da República Republic Proclamation Day
#> 14 2025-11-20 Dia da Consciência Negra Black Awareness Day
#> 15 2025-12-25 Natal Christmas Day