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Switzerland Public Holidays 2026

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Overview date dates are shown below. Select a country or region for its complete calendar. The long-weekend results are calculated separately for each jurisdiction.

Aargau: Municipal/district exceptions are labelled local and excluded from canton-wide long weekends. Select your municipality with the official authority before arranging leave.

Fribourg: Municipal/district exceptions are labelled local and excluded from canton-wide long weekends. Select your municipality with the official authority before arranging leave.

Neuchâtel: Municipal/district exceptions are labelled local and excluded from canton-wide long weekends. Select your municipality with the official authority before arranging leave.

Solothurn: Municipal/district exceptions are labelled local and excluded from canton-wide long weekends. Select your municipality with the official authority before arranging leave.

Regional calendars

Choose your jurisdiction for public holidays, substitute dates, local exceptions and school calendars.

Next public holiday by jurisdiction

Showing 2026 only. Each countdown uses the local date in that jurisdiction.

  • Aargau: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Appenzell Ausserrhoden: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Appenzell Innerrhoden: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Basel-Landschaft: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Basel-Stadt: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Bern: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Fribourg: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Geneva: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Glarus: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Graubünden: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Jura: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Lucerne: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Neuchâtel: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Nidwalden: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Obwalden: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Schaffhausen: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Schwyz: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Solothurn: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • St Gallen: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Thurgau: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Ticino: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Uri: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Valais: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Vaud: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Zug: 27 days away Confirmed — source checked
  • Zürich: 81 days away Confirmed — source checked

4 overview entries across 4 dates

4 recorded confirmed
0 estimated / awaiting confirmation

1 weekend dates
Saturday/Sunday comparison

Using this calendar

Switzerland 2026: 4 listed occurrences, including 0 provisional occurrences. Separate occasions on the same date can share a day; this is not an employee leave allowance. Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions.

Calendar overview 2026

Overview date dates are shown below. Select a country or region for its complete calendar. The long-weekend results are calculated separately for each jurisdiction.

New Year's Day

Confirmed — source checked

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions. Date role: Public.

Ascension Day

Confirmed — source checked

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions. Date role: Public.

National Day

Confirmed — source checked

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions. Date role: Public.

Christmas Day

Confirmed — source checked

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions. Date role: Public.

Long-weekend planner

Assumption: Saturday and Sunday are non-working days, plus the listed public holidays. This is your planning assumption, not a universal legal workweek. Employer schedules may differ. Only supported holiday dates are included. Each jurisdiction is calculated independently. Local, sector-only and part-day entries are excluded. Use the country or region selector above to focus the results.

  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Aargau: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Aargau: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Good Friday, Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Appenzell Innerrhoden: Good Friday, Appenzell Innerrhoden: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Appenzell Innerrhoden: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Appenzell Innerrhoden: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Basel-Landschaft: Good Friday, Basel-Landschaft: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Basel-Landschaft: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Basel-Landschaft: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Basel-Landschaft: Christmas Day, Basel-Landschaft: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Basel-Stadt: Good Friday, Basel-Stadt: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Basel-Stadt: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Basel-Stadt: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Basel-Stadt: Christmas Day, Basel-Stadt: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days1 January 2026 – 4 January 2026Bern: New Year's Day, Bern: Berchtold's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Bern: Good Friday, Bern: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Bern: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Bern: Christmas Day, Bern: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Fribourg: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Fribourg: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Geneva: Good Friday, Geneva: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Geneva: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Geneva: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days31 December 2026 – 3 January 2027Geneva: Restoration of the Republic, Geneva: New Year's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Glarus: Good Friday, Glarus: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Glarus: Christmas Day, Glarus: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Graubünden: Good Friday, Graubünden: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Graubünden: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Graubünden: Christmas Day, Graubünden: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Jura: Good Friday, Jura: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Jura: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Jura: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Jura: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Lucerne: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Lucerne: Christmas Day, Lucerne: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Neuchâtel: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Neuchâtel: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Neuchâtel: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Nidwalden: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Nidwalden: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Obwalden: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Obwalden: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Schaffhausen: Good Friday, Schaffhausen: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Schaffhausen: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Schaffhausen: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Schaffhausen: Christmas Day, Schaffhausen: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Schwyz: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Schwyz: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Solothurn: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Solothurn: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026St Gallen: Good Friday, St Gallen: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026St Gallen: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026St Gallen: Christmas Day, St Gallen: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days1 January 2026 – 4 January 2026Thurgau: New Year's Day, Thurgau: Berchtold's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Thurgau: Good Friday, Thurgau: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Thurgau: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Thurgau: Christmas Day, Thurgau: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days4 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Ticino: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Ticino: Christmas Day, Ticino: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Uri: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Uri: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Valais: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days1 January 2026 – 4 January 2026Vaud: New Year's Day, Vaud: Berchtold's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Vaud: Good Friday, Vaud: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Vaud: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days19 September 2026 – 21 September 2026Vaud: Federal Fast Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Vaud: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 5 April 2026Zug: Good Friday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Zug: Christmas Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 4 consecutive days3 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Zürich: Good Friday, Zürich: Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Zürich: Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Zürich: Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Zürich: Christmas Day, Zürich: Saint Stephen's Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
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Official sources and date status

Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.

www.gl.ch

Public holiday dates and applicability

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27

Dated official Näfelser Fahrt schedule; other administrative closure dates on this page are not inferred as statutory holidays.

www.seco.admin.ch

Public holiday dates and applicability

Awaiting Confirmation · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27

Municipal/district exceptions are labelled local and excluded from canton-wide long weekends. Select your municipality with the official authority before arranging leave.

www.seco.admin.ch

Public holiday dates and applicability

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27

Only the districts/municipalities identified in the SECO annex; Catholic and Reformed areas differ. Excluded from canton-wide long-weekend calculations.

www.seco.admin.ch

Public holiday dates and applicability

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions.

Public holiday information

Only 1 August is federally established as a public holiday throughout Switzerland. Other employment holidays follow cantonal law. Select a canton for Good Friday, Easter Monday, Pentecost Monday, Corpus Christi and other applicable dates. The SECO employment-holiday matrix is used rather than court closure lists. Municipal and district exceptions in Aargau, Fribourg, Neuchâtel and Solothurn are labelled local. Solothurn's 1 May entry is an afternoon closure, not a full day.

Offices

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions.

Banks

Use the bank or payment-system operating notice for branch hours and settlement cut-offs. The public-holiday list does not certify each institution's closure.

Schools

Public holidays are separate from school terms and vacations. No new school-break calendar is certified in this review; use the responsible education authority or school schedule.

Practical planning

Use the calendar and dated regional exceptions before booking. Long-weekend results use stored applicable occurrences; provisional dates and local exceptions require the stated qualification.

School holidays and terms

Frequently asked questions

What does the 2026 calendar cover?

Switzerland 2026: 4 listed occurrences, including 0 provisional occurrences. Separate occasions on the same date can share a day; this is not an employee leave allowance. Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions.

Does every listed holiday guarantee time off?

Swiss overview date. Only 1 August is federally established; employment coverage for other holidays follows the applicable canton and local exceptions.

Are future substitute or bridge days predicted?

No. Only supported dated occurrences are listed. Provisional dates remain labelled and unverified discretionary decisions are omitted.

How do I find a holiday in this calendar?

Use Find a holiday to filter the displayed calendar by name. Select a country or region first to search its complete calendar, including local and part-day entries.

How are long weekends calculated?

Choose the assumed weekend and press Calculate. Each result uses full-day public holidays from one jurisdiction only. Local holidays, sector-only dates and part-day holidays are excluded; employer schedules may differ.

Does an additional or substitute date replace the observance?

The recorded date role distinguishes additional holidays, substitute days and observances. Follow the official source and coverage note for the selected jurisdiction.

Are school holidays the same as public holidays?

No. School terms, breaks and student-free days have separate country or region calendars. Some divisions use different dates, and individual schools can have additional arrangements.

What does the downloaded planner include?

The PDF uses the selected calendar and weekend assumption, with long-weekend planning, notes and official sources. A national overview keeps occasions separate from region-specific closures. The calendar download for a selected jurisdiction retains coverage and part-day hours.

What should I check before arranging leave?

Read the date status and coverage note, then check employer, bank, school and transport arrangements. Dates awaiting an official announcement are explicitly identified; a missing date does not mean a normal working day.

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