Public holidays in Hungary, 2026
Hungary observes 13 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 253 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Újév |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 15 Mar | Sunday Weekend | 1848 Revolution Memorial Day Nemzeti ünnep |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Nagypéntek |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Húsvétvasárnap |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Húsvéthétfő |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour day A munka ünnepe |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 May | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Pünkösdvasárnap |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday Pünkösdhétfő |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 20 Aug | Thursday | State Foundation Day Az államalapítás ünnepe |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 23 Oct | Friday | 1956 Revolution Memorial Day Nemzeti ünnep |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | All Saints Day Mindenszentek |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Karácsony |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day Karácsony másnapja |
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 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 8 | 253 | 2,024 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Hungary. 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.
5 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: 1848 Revolution Memorial Day (15 Mar), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Pentecost (24 May), All Saints Day (1 Nov), 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 July at 23 days; the shortest is May at 19. That spread of 4 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 252 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, Hungary'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 5 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 Sunday 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.
5 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Pentecost, Whit 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 Hungary
Hungary actively rearranges its working year. When a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or a
Thursday, the intervening bridge day is commonly designated as free and a nearby Saturday is
declared a working day in exchange. The rescheduling is announced by ministerial decree, usually
well in advance, and it applies across the public sector and much of the private sector.
This has a direct consequence for the tables on this page. A working day count derived from the
calendar alone will not match the official Hungarian working calendar in any year where days have
been moved: the annual total will be close, but individual months will be wrong, sometimes by two
days in either direction. If you are calculating anything monthly for Hungary, work from the
decree rather than from here.