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🇨🇭 Switzerland Long Weekends 2026

7 long weekends in Switzerland in 2026. Plan your trips around these dates.

Planning the Christmas break? See Christmas and New Year public holidays across Europe, or Switzerland public holidays 2027 to book next year's leave early.

New Year's Day + St. Berchtold's Day
4 days
1 January 2026 — 4 January 2026
Good Friday + Näfels procession + Easter Monday
4 days
3 April 2026 — 6 April 2026
Labour Day
3 days
1 May 2026 — 3 May 2026
Whit Monday
3 days
23 May 2026 — 25 May 2026
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
3 days
27 June 2026 — 29 June 2026
Federal Day of Thanksgiving + Federal Fast Monday
3 days
19 September 2026 — 21 September 2026
Christmas Day + St. Stephen's Day
3 days
25 December 2026 — 27 December 2026
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Long Weekends Summary — Switzerland 2026

Longest
New Year's Day + St. Berchtold's Day — 4 days, no leave used
By length
2 × 4-day, 5 × 3-day

How long weekends are calculated

A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend. It runs longer when holidays stack — Good Friday plus Easter Monday gives four days — and only statutory days off count, never days that are merely customary. All of these need no annual leave.
Source: SECO — Feiertage Schweiz (Anhang zum Arbeitsgesetz) ↗ · Dates verified annually. · Report an error
PDF. Only 1 August is a federal holiday — every other Swiss holiday is cantonal, and this annex is the official per-canton table under art. 20a ArG.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many long weekends does Switzerland have in 2026?+
Switzerland has 7 long weekends in 2026: 2 four-day weekends, and 5 three-day weekends.
What's the longest weekend in Switzerland in 2026?+
The longest is around New Year's Day + St. Berchtold's Day, running from 1 January 2026 to 4 January 2026 — 4 consecutive days off with no leave days needed.
How are long weekends calculated?+
A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend, without using any annual leave. It gets longer when holidays stack: Good Friday plus Easter Monday makes a 4-day weekend, and a holiday on both the Thursday and the Friday makes four days from Thursday to Sunday. Days that are widely taken off but are not statutory — Christmas Eve in Sweden, or the day after Ascension in Belgium — do not count, because your employer is not obliged to give them to you.
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