Public holidays in Slovakia, 2026
Slovakia observes 15 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 | Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany Zjavenie Pána |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Veľkonočný piatok |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Veľkonočný pondelok |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day Sviatok práce |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 8 May | Friday | Day of victory over fascism Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Jul | Sunday Weekend | St. Cyril and Methodius Day Sviatok svätého Cyrila a svätého Metoda |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 29 Aug | Saturday Weekend | Slovak National Uprising anniversary Výročie Slovenského národného povstania |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 1 Sep | Tuesday | Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Sep | Tuesday | Day of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Sedembolestná Panna Mária |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | All Saints’ Day Sviatok Všetkých svätých |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 17 Nov | Tuesday | Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve Štedrý deň |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Prvý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day Druhý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
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 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| 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 Slovakia. 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: St. Cyril and Methodius Day (5 Jul), Slovak National Uprising anniversary (29 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 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 248 working days, 2026 is 2 working days 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, Slovakia's 15 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 82nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 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 5 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.