Easter Sunday – Portugal

The next Easter Sunday is on Sunday, March 28, 2027 – in 194 days.

Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast: it falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, so it can land anywhere between March 22 and April 25. In Portugal it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Easter Sunday falls on Easter Sunday itself. 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 Sunday, March 28, 2027, 194 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Easter Sunday on a Sunday. 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. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2027 it falls in March, which also holds Father's Day (Dia do Pai) on the 19th, Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa) on the 26th 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 Easter Sunday 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.

Easter Sunday is marked in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy 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.

Easter Sunday dates 2026–2036