{"id":881,"date":"2025-11-30T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:22:34","slug":"public-holidays-in-switzerland-2026-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/feiertage-schweiz-2026-ueberblick\/","title":{"rendered":"Public holidays in Switzerland 2026: An overview of all national and cantonal holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Public holidays in Switzerland 2026<\/strong> Public holidays vary significantly from canton to canton. Only one public holiday is legally mandated throughout Switzerland: August 1st<\/strong>. All other public holidays are regulated at the cantonal level. Here you can find the complete overview for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. National Holiday of Switzerland 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The only public holiday throughout Switzerland:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • August 1, 2026 \u2013 Swiss National Day<\/strong>
    It is a public holiday in all 26 cantons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    2. Public holidays widely observed throughout Switzerland in 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    These holidays are observed in the majority of cantons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Date<\/th>Holiday<\/th>validity<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    January 1, 2026<\/strong><\/td>New Year<\/td>in all cantons<\/td><\/tr>
    April 2, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Maundy Thursday (partly half-day)<\/td>regional<\/td><\/tr>
    April 3, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Good Friday<\/td>in almost all, not<\/em> TI & VS<\/td><\/tr>
    April 5, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Easter Sunday<\/td>Switzerland-wide<\/td><\/tr>
    April 6, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Easter Monday<\/td>Switzerland-wide<\/td><\/tr>
    May 14, 2026<\/strong><\/td>driveway<\/td>Switzerland-wide<\/td><\/tr>
    May 24, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Pentecost Sunday<\/td>Switzerland-wide<\/td><\/tr>
    May 25, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Whit Monday<\/td>Switzerland-wide<\/td><\/tr>
    December 25, 2026<\/strong><\/td>Christmas<\/td>in all cantons<\/td><\/tr>
    December 26, 2026<\/strong><\/td>St. Stephen's Day<\/td>in many places, not across Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    3. Important cantonal holidays in 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    January 2, 2026 \u2013 Berchtold's Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    ZH, BE, LU, SZ, OW, NW, GL, ZG, FR, SO, SH, AG, TG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    SZ, UR, TI, parts of GR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

    LU, UR, SZ, NW, ZG, FR, SO, TI, VS, AI (among others)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    LU, UR, SZ, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG (partially), TI, VS, AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    LU, UR, SZ, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG (partly), TI, VS, AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    12th-13th December 2026 \u2013 L'Escalade (GE)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Geneva (local historical holiday)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n\n\n\n

    4. Which cantons will have the most public holidays in 2026?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Many holidays:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Ticino<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Valais<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lucerne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Appenzell Innerrhoden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Few public holidays:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Geneva<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Neuenburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Vaud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \n\n\n\n

        5. Special features of the Swiss public holiday system<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Public holidays \u2260 nationally uniform<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Each canton decides for itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Some holidays are only observed for half a day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Many public holidays are equivalent to "Sundays" (shops closed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

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

          The Public holidays in Switzerland 2026<\/strong> are as diverse as the country itself. Anyone planning for 2026\u2014whether travel, holidays, or working hours\u2014should be well aware of the differences between the cantons.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Die Feiertage Schweiz 2026 unterscheiden sich je nach Kanton deutlich. Nur ein einziger Feiertag ist in der ganzen…","protected":false},"author":274216737,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2725],"tags":[2998,2997,2999,2996],"class_list":{"0":"post-881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leben","8":"tag-feiertage-schweiz-2026","9":"tag-gesetzliche-feiertage-schweiz-2026","10":"tag-kantonale-feiertage-2026","11":"tag-schweiz-feiertage-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_Schweizer-Feiertage-2026_simple_compose_01kbarbgygfpvt6ytzh5cstfmc.png?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgWLwP-ed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274216737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schweiz.blog\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}