Public holidays in Liechtenstein, 2026
Liechtenstein observes 21 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 244 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Neujahr |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 Jan | Friday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 2 Feb | Monday | Candlemas Mariä Lichtmess |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Feb | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday Fasnachtsdienstag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 19 Mar | Thursday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 May | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Pfingstsonntag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 4 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 15 Aug | Saturday Weekend | National Holiday Staatsfeiertag |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Sep | Tuesday | Nativity of Our Lady Maria Geburt |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | All Saints Day Allerheiligen |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve Heiliger Abend |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Weihnachten |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 31 Dec | Thursday | New Year's Eve Silvester |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 17 | 244 | 1,952 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Liechtenstein. 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.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Pentecost (24 May), National Holiday (15 Aug), 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 18. That spread of 5 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 58 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 243 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, Liechtenstein's 21 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 98th 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 1 January 2026 to 4 January 2026, built around New Year's Day and St. Berchtold's Day. A further 7 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.
7 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Shrove Tuesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Whit Monday and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.