Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) – Spain

The next Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) is on Thursday, March 25, 2027 – in 191 days.

In Spain it's a regional holiday. Some states, provinces or regions take the day off and others don't, so check what applies where you live.

When is it? Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) falls on 3 days before Easter Sunday. It's calculated from Easter Sunday, which moves with the lunar calendar, so the date can shift by several weeks from one year to the next. Next time round is Thursday, March 25, 2027, 191 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) on a Thursday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. It depends entirely on where you are. In the states or regions that observe it, expect the usual public holiday pattern of closures. Everywhere else in Spain it's a normal working day, which is worth remembering if you're arranging anything across regional lines. In 2027 it falls in March, which also holds Good Friday (Viernes Santo) on the 26th, Easter Sunday on the 28th and Summer Time starts (clocks forward) on the 28th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) is marked in Norway and Denmark as well. The date and the way it's observed aren't always the same from one country to the next, so use the links below to get the version that applies to you.

Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) dates 2026–2036