Public holidays in Slovenia, 2028
Slovenia observes 21 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 247 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day novo leto |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Jan | Sunday Weekend | New Year's Day novo leto |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 8 Feb | Tuesday | Prešeren Day Prešernov dan |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 27 Apr | Thursday | Day of Uprising Against Occupation dan upora proti okupatorju |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | Labour Day praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 2 May | Tuesday | Labour Day praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 2 May | Tuesday | Primož Trubar Day dan Primoža Trubarja |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 4 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost binkoštna nedelja |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 25 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Statehood Day dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 14 Aug | Monday | Sovereignty Day dan suverenosti |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Aug | Tuesday | Assumption Day Marijino vnebovzetje |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 15 Aug | Tuesday | Unification of Prekmurje Slovenes with the Mother Nation združitev prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Sep | Friday | Integration of Primorska into the Homeland priključitev Primorske k matični domovini |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 23 Sep | Saturday Weekend | Slovenian Sports Day dan slovenskega športa |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 31 Oct | Tuesday | Reformation Day dan reformacije |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 1 Nov | Wednesday | Day of the Dead dan spomina na mrtve |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 23 Nov | Thursday | Rudolf Maister Day dan Rudolfa Maistra |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day božič |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 26 Dec | Tuesday | Independence and Unity Day dan samostojnosti in enotnosti |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 144 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 13 | 247 | 1,976 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Slovenia. 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.
6 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), New Year's Day (2 Jan), Easter Sunday (16 Apr), Pentecost (4 Jun), Statehood Day (25 Jun), Slovenian Sports Day (23 Sep). 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 23 days; the shortest is April 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 Q4, carrying 60 working days across October, November, December.
Compared with 2027, which held 252 working days, 2028 is 5 working days 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 2028, Slovenia'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 50.
The holidays produce 5 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 29 April 2028 to 2 May 2028, built around Labour Day and Primož Trubar Day. A further 4 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 2027: New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Pentecost. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.