Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina observes 4 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 258 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Nova Godina |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day Nova Godina |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Christmas Eve (Orthodox) Božić (za pravoslavce) |
BA-SRP |
| Wed, 7 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić (za pravoslavce) |
BA-SRP |
| Sun, 1 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Independence day Dan nezavisnosti Bosne i Hercegovine |
BA-BIH |
| Fri, 10 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Veliki petak |
BA-SRP |
| Sun, 12 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Vaskrs (Uskrs) |
BA-SRP |
| Mon, 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Vaskrsni (Uskrsni) ponedeljak |
BA-SRP |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | May Day / International Workers' Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 2 May | Saturday Weekend | May Day / International Workers' Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 9 May | Saturday Weekend | Victory Day over fascism Dan pobjede nad fašizmom |
BA-SRP |
| Sat, 21 Nov | Saturday Weekend | Day of the establishment of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in BiH Dan uspostavljanja Opšteg okvirnog sporazuma za mir u BiH |
BA-SRP |
| Wed, 25 Nov | Wednesday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti Bosne i Hercegovine |
BA-BIH |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve (Roman Catholic) Božić (za rimokatolike) |
BA-BIH |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day (Roman Catholic) Božić (za rimokatolike) |
BA-BIH |
11 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 3 | 258 | 2,064 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
1 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore adds no time away from work: May Day / International Workers' Day (2 May). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is May at 20. That spread of 3 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 62 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 257 working days, 2026 is 1 working day longer. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Bosnia and Herzegovina's 4 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 2nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 2 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 1 January 2026 to 4 January 2026, built around New Year's Day. The full breakdown is here.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: New Year's Day, May Day / International Workers' Day. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.