Public holidays in Switzerland 2026
11 national public holidays in Switzerland in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Christmas Day on 25 December (Friday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 5 April | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 24 May | Sunday | Pentecost |
| 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday |
| 1 August | Saturday | Bundesfeiertag |
| 20 September | Sunday | Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Saturday | Boxing Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 2 April · Maundy Thursday (observance)
- 10 May · Mother's Day (observance)
- 7 June · Vätertag (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Switzerland. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=ZH for Canton of Zürich. Regions: Canton of Zürich, Canton of Bern, Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Uri, Canton of Schwyz, Canton of Obwalden, Canton of Nidwalden, Canton of Glarus, Canton of Zug, Canton of Fribourg, Canton of Solothurn, Canton of Basel-City, Canton of Basel-Country, Canton of Schaffhausen, Canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Canton of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes, Canton of St. Gallen, Canton of Grisons, Canton of Aargau, Canton of Thurgau, Canton of Ticino, Canton of Vaud, Canton of Valais, Canton of Neuchâtel, Canton of Geneva, Canton of Jura.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in Switzerland, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=CH&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"