Public holidays in Switzerland 2021-2025
Switzerland is a predominantly Catholic country and therefore almost all holidays are based on Christian events. Easter Sunday and Whitsunday are no public holidays, because they always fall on a Sunday anyway.What is striking is that Switzerland is actually not so large geographically, but the 26 cantons often have different holidays. We have listed the most important ones here:
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Non-movable holidays
Non-statutory holidays are written in gray.| holiday | date |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Jan, 1st |
| Berchtold's Day | Jan, 2nd |
| Epiphany | Jan, 6th |
| Anniversary of the Republic (only Neuenburg) | Mar, 1st |
| Josef's Day | Mar, 19th |
| Labor Day | May, 1st |
| Independence festival (only Jura) | Jun, 23rd |
| Peter and Paul (only Tessin) | Jun, 29th |
| Federal holiday | Aug, 1st |
| Assumption Day | Aug, 15th |
| Mauritius Day (only Appenzell) | Sep, 22nd |
| Bruderklausenfest (only Oberwalden) | Sep, 25th |
| All Saints' Day | Nov, 1st |
| All Souls' Day | Nov, 2nd |
| Immaculate conception | Dec, 8th |
| Christmas Day | Dec, 25th |
| Boxing Day | Dec, 26th |
| New Year's Eve | Dec, 31st |
| Restoration of the Republic (Geneva only) | Dec, 31st |
Moving Holidays in Switzerland
| holiday | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Wednesday | Feb, 17th | Mar, 2nd | Feb, 22nd | Feb, 14th | Mar, 5th |
| Good Friday | Apr, 2nd | Apr, 15th | Apr, 7th | Mar, 29th | Apr, 18th |
| Easter Sunday | Apr, 4th | Apr, 17th | Apr, 9th | Mar, 31st | Apr, 20th |
| Easter Monday | Apr, 5th | Apr, 18th | Apr, 10th | Apr, 1st | Apr, 21st |
| Sechseläuten (Zürich + Schlieren only) | Apr, 19th | Apr, 18th | Apr, 17th | Apr, 15th | Apr, 21st |
| Mother's Day | May, 9th | May, 8th | May, 14th | May, 12th | May, 11th |
| "Auffahrt" (Ascension) | May, 13th | May, 26th | May, 18th | May, 9th | May, 29th |
| Whit Sunday | May, 23rd | Jun, 5th | May, 28th | May, 19th | Jun, 8th |
| Whit Monday | May, 24th | Jun, 6th | May, 29th | May, 20th | Jun, 9th |
| Corpus Christi | Jun, 3rd | Jun, 16th | Jun, 8th | May, 30th | Jun, 19th |
| Father's Day | Jun, 6th | Jun, 5th | Jun, 4th | Jun, 2nd | Jun, 1st |