🇨🇭 Switzerland Long Weekends 2027
8 long weekends in Switzerland in 2027. Plan your trips around these dates.
Planning the Christmas break? See Christmas and New Year public holidays across Europe.
New Year's Day + St. Berchtold's Day
3 days1 January 2027 — 3 January 2027
Republic Day
3 days27 February 2027 — 1 March 2027
Saint Joseph's Day
3 days19 March 2027 — 21 March 2027
Good Friday + Easter Monday
4 days26 March 2027 — 29 March 2027
Whit Monday
3 days15 May 2027 — 17 May 2027
Federal Day of Thanksgiving + Federal Fast Monday
3 days18 September 2027 — 20 September 2027
All Saints' Day
3 days30 October 2027 — 1 November 2027
Restoration Day
3 days31 December 2027 — 2 January 2028
Long Weekends Summary — Switzerland 2027
Longest
Good Friday + Easter Monday — 4 days, no leave used
By length
1 × 4-day, 7 × 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.