
Planning business schedules or travel in Maio, Cabo Verde? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Maio, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Maio align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Maio, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Dia da Independência Nacional on July 5) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Cabo Verde's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Cabo Verde's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Maio and the rest of Cabo Verde, not a separate Maio-specific calendar.
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These are Cabo Verde's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Cabo Verde's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Cabo Verde, including Maio. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia da Independência Nacional | July 5 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.governo.cv |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Dia da Independência Nacional | Mon, Jul 5, 2027 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Public offices, banks and schools throughout Maio close on the same fixed-date statutory holidays observed nationwide, since public holidays in Cabo Verde are a matter of national labor law rather than state-by-state decree.
A statutory holiday falling on a weekend in Maio doesn't simply disappear — Cabo Verde's gazette process typically shifts the observed non-working day to the nearest Monday.
As Maio's capital, Porto Inglês observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Maio.