Public holidays in Switzerland, 2025
Switzerland observes 4 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 257 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Neujahr |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 2 Jan | Thursday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag |
CH-BE, CH-FR, CH-SH, CH-AG, CH-TG, CH-VD |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige |
CH-TI |
| Mon, 6 Jan | Monday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige |
CH-UR, CH-SZ |
| Sat, 1 Mar | Saturday Weekend | Republic Day Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik |
CH-NE |
| Wed, 19 Mar | Wednesday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag |
CH-SZ, CH-VS |
| Wed, 19 Mar | Wednesday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag |
CH-LU, CH-UR, CH-NW, CH-TI |
| Fri, 4 Apr | Friday | Näfels procession Näfelser Fahrt |
CH-GL |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag |
CH-ZH, CH-BE, CH-LU, CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-GL, CH-ZG, CH-FR, CH-SO, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-AR, CH-AI, CH-SG, CH-GR, CH-AG, CH-TG, CH-VD, CH-NE, CH-GE, CH-JU |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag |
CH-ZH, CH-BE, CH-GL, CH-FR, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-AR, CH-AI, CH-SG, CH-GR, CH-AG, CH-TG, CH-TI, CH-VD, CH-GE, CH-JU |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag |
CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit |
CH-ZH, CH-SO, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-NE, CH-JU |
| Thu, 1 May | Thursday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit |
CH-TG, CH-TI |
| Thu, 29 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 9 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag |
CH-ZH, CH-BE, CH-GL, CH-FR, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-AR, CH-AI, CH-SG, CH-GR, CH-AG, CH-TG, CH-VD, CH-GE, CH-JU |
| Mon, 9 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag |
CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-TI |
| Thu, 19 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam |
CH-LU, CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-ZG, CH-FR, CH-SO, CH-AI, CH-AG, CH-VS, CH-JU |
| Thu, 19 Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam |
CH-TI |
| Sun, 29 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter und Paul |
CH-TI |
| Fri, 1 Aug | Friday | Swiss National Day Bundesfeier |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt |
CH-LU, CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-ZG, CH-FR, CH-SO, CH-AG, CH-TI, CH-VS |
| Fri, 15 Aug | Friday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt |
CH-AI, CH-JU |
| Thu, 11 Sep | Thursday | Geneva Prayday Jeûne genevois |
CH-GE |
| Sun, 21 Sep | Sunday Weekend | Federal Day of Thanksgiving Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag |
CH-ZH, CH-BE, CH-LU, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-GL, CH-SO, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-SG, CH-GR |
| Mon, 22 Sep | Monday | Federal Fast Monday Bettagsmontag |
CH-VD |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen |
CH-LU, CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-GL, CH-ZG, CH-FR, CH-SO, CH-SG, CH-AG, CH-TI, CH-VS |
| Sat, 1 Nov | Saturday Weekend | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen |
CH-AI, CH-JU |
| Mon, 8 Dec | Monday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis |
CH-UR, CH-OW, CH-NW, CH-ZG, CH-FR, CH-AG, CH-VS |
| Mon, 8 Dec | Monday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis |
CH-AI, CH-JU, CH-LU, CH-SZ, CH-TI |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Weihnachten |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag |
CH-ZH, CH-BE, CH-LU, CH-GL, CH-FR, CH-BS, CH-BL, CH-SH, CH-SG, CH-GR, CH-AG, CH-TG, CH-TI, CH-AR, CH-AI |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag |
CH-UR, CH-SZ, CH-OW |
| Wed, 31 Dec | Wednesday | Restoration Day Restauration de la République |
CH-GE |
29 further dates are observed in some regions only and are not counted in the working day totals above.
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 4 | 257 | 2,056 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Switzerland. 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.
The longest working month is July at 23 days; the shortest is November at 20. 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 Q1, carrying 63 working days across January, February, March.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Switzerland's 4 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 2nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 1 break of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 1 August 2025 to 3 August 2025, built around Swiss National Day. 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.
Notes on Switzerland
Only one Swiss holiday is federal: National Day on 1 August. Everything else is decided by the
canton, and the spread is wide enough that a national figure is close to meaningless on its own.
Depending on where someone works, the count runs from roughly eight days to fifteen, and the
confessional history of the canton is usually the reason.
Some cantons also observe half days, where the afternoon is free and the morning is not. Those
have no clean representation in a working day count and are not reflected here. If the difference
matters for payroll, work from the cantonal list rather than from this page.