Public holidays in Czechia, 2026
Czechia observes 13 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 250 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Den obnovy samostatného českého státu; Nový rok |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Velký pátek |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Velikonoční pondělí |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Svátek práce |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 8 May | Friday | Liberation Day Den vítězství |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Jul | Sunday Weekend | Saints Cyril and Methodius Day Den slovanských věrozvěstů Cyrila a Metoděje |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Jul | Monday | Jan Hus Day Den upálení mistra Jana Husa |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 28 Sep | Monday | St. Wenceslas Day Den české státnosti |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 28 Oct | Wednesday | Independent Czechoslovak State Day Den vzniku samostatného československého státu |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Nov | Tuesday | Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day Den boje za svobodu a demokracii a Mezinárodní den studentstva |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve Štědrý den |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day 1. svátek vánoční |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day 2. svátek vánoční |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Czechia. 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.
2 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (5 Jul), St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). 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 March at 22 days; the shortest is May at 19. 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 Q2, carrying 61 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2025, which held 251 working days, 2026 is 1 working day shorter. 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, Czechia's 13 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 64th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 3 April 2026 to 6 April 2026, built around Good Friday and Easter Monday. A further 2 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Good Friday, Easter Monday. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.
Notes on Czechia
Czechia applies no substitution when a public holiday falls on a weekend, so the working year
varies by several days depending on how the dates fall. In a year where a run of the fixed dates
lands on a Saturday or Sunday, the Czech working year is among the longer ones in central Europe;
in a favourable year it is among the shorter.
The calendar itself is stable, with most dates fixed to a day of the month rather than to a
weekday, which makes the year to year swing predictable well in advance.