{"id":886,"date":"2025-11-30T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/?p=886"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:22:25","slug":"swiss-bank-holidays-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/bankfeiertage-schweiz-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank holidays in Switzerland 2026: All statutory and industry-specific holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Swiss bank holidays 2026<\/strong> Opening hours are governed by cantonal legislation, the holidays of the SIX Swiss Exchange, and international payment systems. Banks may be closed on additional days, even if it is not a cantonal holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Statutory bank holidays 2026 (Switzerland-wide or almost Switzerland-wide)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>Holiday<\/th>Banks closed?<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
January 1, 2026<\/strong><\/td>New Year<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
January 2, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Berchtold's Day<\/td>Yes (in the affected cantons)<\/td><\/tr>
April 3, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Good Friday<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
April 6, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Easter Monday<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
May 14, 2026<\/strong><\/td>driveway<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
May 25, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Whit Monday<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
August 1, 2026<\/strong><\/td>National Holiday<\/td>Yes (Switzerland-wide)<\/td><\/tr>
December 25, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Christmas<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
December 26, 2026<\/strong><\/td>St. Stephen's Day<\/td>Yes (varies by canton)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2. Additional cantonal bank holidays in 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Epiphany \u2013 January 6, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TI, parts of GR \u2192 Banks closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Joseph's Day \u2013 March 19, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LU, NW, SZ, UR, TI, VS, AI \u2192 Banks closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corpus Christi \u2013 June 4, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LU, UR, SZ, NW, ZG, FR, SO, TI, VS \u2192 Banks closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assumption of Mary \u2013 August 15, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Several cantons \u2192 banks closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Saints' Day \u2013 November 1, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Several cantons \u2192 banks closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Stock Exchange Holidays 2026 (SIX Swiss Exchange)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The official holiday list of the SIX stock exchange shows that it will remain closed on the following dates in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
    1. January \u2013 New Year's Day<\/li><\/ol>
      1. April \u2013 Good Friday<\/li><\/ol>\n
          \n
        1. April \u2013 Easter Monday<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. May 1st \u2013 Labor Day<\/strong>
          1. May \u2013 Ascension Day<\/li><\/ol>
            1. December \u2013 Christmas<\/li><\/ol>\n
                \n
              1. December \u2013 St. Stephen's Day<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Important:
                The May 1st<\/strong> It is not a Swiss public holiday, but the stock exchange will remain closed nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n\n\n\n

                4. International payment systems (TARGET2, Fed, BoE)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                These systems affect SEPA and international transfers. Among others, the following will be affected in 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n
                  1. January<\/li><\/ol>
                    1. April<\/li><\/ol>
                      1. April<\/li><\/ol>
                        1. May<\/li><\/ol>
                          1. December<\/li><\/ol>\n
                              \n
                            1. December<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              Transfers may be delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              \n\n\n\n

                              5. What does this mean for customers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                              Bank holidays affect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                \n
                              • Transfer times<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • SEPA transfers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Stock market trading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Deadlines (e.g., payments & bookings)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Opening hours of branches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                That's why accurate calendar data is crucial for businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                                The Swiss bank holidays 2026<\/strong> Opening hours and payment processing times vary depending on the canton and international payment system. National Day, Good Friday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, and Christmas are particularly important. Additional cantonal holidays also affect bank opening hours and payment processing times.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Die Bankfeiertage Schweiz 2026 richten sich nach kantonalen Gesetzgebungen, den Feiertagen der SIX Swiss Exchange sowie internationalen Zahlungssystemen.…","protected":false},"author":274216737,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_page_reading_time":"","csco_page_toc_navigation":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2725],"tags":[3002,3001,2996,3000],"class_list":{"0":"post-886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leben","8":"tag-bankfeiertage-schweiz-2026","9":"tag-feiertage-banken-schweiz","10":"tag-schweiz-feiertage-2026","11":"tag-schweizer-bankfeiertage-2026","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schweiz.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251130_1709_Feiertage-Schweiz-2026_simple_compose_01kbarc1q6fm3txzjrs7jr8yjr.png?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgWLwP-ei","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274216737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}