Public Holidays in Switzerland 2026 🇨🇭

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
14. May		Ascension Day
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

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Holidays in different states:

Federal Holidays
Aargau
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Bern
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Freiburg
Genève
Glarus
Graubünden
Jura
Luzern
Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Obwalden
Sankt Gallen
Schaffhausen
Solothurn
Schwyz
Thurgau
Ticino
Uri
Vaud
Valais
Zug
Zürich

State & Regional Holidays in Switzerland

Aargau Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Appenzell Innerrhoden Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Appenzell Ausserrhoden Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Bern Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Basel-Landschaft Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Basel-Stadt Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Freiburg Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
14. May		Ascension Day
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Genève Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
10. Sep		Genevan Fast
25. Dec		Christmas Day
31. Dec		Restoration Day

Glarus Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
9. Apr		Battle of Naefels Victory Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Graubünden Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Jura Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
23. Jun		Independence Day
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Luzern Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Neuchâtel Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
1. Mar		Republic Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Nidwalden Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
19. Mar		Saint Joseph's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
14. May		Ascension Day
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Obwalden Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
14. May		Ascension Day
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
25. Sep		Saint Nicholas of Flüe
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Sankt Gallen Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Schaffhausen Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Solothurn Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
14. May		Ascension Day
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Schwyz Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
6. Jan		Epiphany
19. Mar		Saint Joseph's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Thurgau Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Ticino Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
6. Jan		Epiphany
19. Mar		Saint Joseph's Day
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
29. Jun		Saints Peter and Paul
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

Uri Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
6. Jan		Epiphany
19. Mar		Saint Joseph's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Vaud Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
21. Sep		Prayer Monday
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Valais Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
19. Mar		Saint Joseph's Day
14. May		Ascension Day
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Zug Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
14. May		Ascension Day
4. Jun		Corpus Christi
1. Aug		National Day
15. Aug		Assumption Day
1. Nov		All Saints' Day
8. Dec		Immaculate Conception
25. Dec		Christmas Day

Zürich Holidays

Date		Holiday Name
1. Jan		New Year's Day
2. Jan		Saint Berchtold's Day
3. Apr		Good Friday
6. Apr		Easter Monday
1. May		Labor Day
14. May		Ascension Day
25. May		Whit Monday
1. Aug		National Day
25. Dec		Christmas Day
26. Dec		Saint Stephen's Day

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