33 official public holidays in 2021, with 0 still ahead and around 246 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Neujahr | Public |
| Sat, Jan 2 | Saturday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag | Public |
| Wed, Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Public |
| Wed, Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Observance |
| Mon, Mar 1 | Monday | Republic Day Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik | Public |
| Fri, Mar 19 | Friday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Public |
| Fri, Mar 19 | Friday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Observance |
| Fri, Apr 2 | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag | Public |
| Sun, Apr 4 | Sunday | Näfels procession Näfelser Fahrt | Public |
| Mon, Apr 5 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 5 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Observance |
| Sat, May 1 | Saturday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Public |
| Sat, May 1 | Saturday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Observance |
| Thu, May 13 | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt | Public |
| Mon, May 24 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Public |
| Mon, May 24 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Observance |
| Thu, Jun 3 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Public |
| Thu, Jun 3 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Observance |
| Tue, Jun 29 | Tuesday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter und Paul | Observance |
| Sun, Aug 1 | Sunday | Swiss National Day Bundesfeier | Public |
| Sun, Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Public |
| Sun, Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Observance |
| Thu, Sep 9 | Thursday | Geneva Prayday Jeûne genevois | Public |
| Sun, Sep 19 | Sunday | Federal Day of Thanksgiving Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | Observance |
| Mon, Sep 20 | Monday | Federal Fast Monday Bettagsmontag | Public |
| Mon, Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Mon, Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Observance |
| Wed, Dec 8 | Wednesday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Public |
| Wed, Dec 8 | Wednesday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Observance |
| Sat, Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day Weihnachten | Public |
| Sun, Dec 26 | Sunday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Public |
| Sun, Dec 26 | Sunday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Observance |
| Fri, Dec 31 | Friday | Restoration Day Restauration de la République | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Neujahr
Public
Sat, Jan 2 · Saturday
St. Berchtold's Day
Berchtoldstag
Public
Wed, Jan 6 · Wednesday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Public
Wed, Jan 6 · Wednesday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Observance
Mon, Mar 1 · Monday
Republic Day
Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik
Public
Fri, Mar 19 · Friday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Public
Fri, Mar 19 · Friday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Observance
Fri, Apr 2 · Friday
Good Friday
Karfreitag
Public
Sun, Apr 4 · Sunday
Näfels procession
Näfelser Fahrt
Public
Mon, Apr 5 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Public
Mon, Apr 5 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Observance
Sat, May 1 · Saturday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Public
Sat, May 1 · Saturday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Observance
Thu, May 13 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Auffahrt
Public
Mon, May 24 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Public
Mon, May 24 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Observance
Thu, Jun 3 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Public
Thu, Jun 3 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Observance
Tue, Jun 29 · Tuesday
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Peter und Paul
Observance
Sun, Aug 1 · Sunday
Swiss National Day
Bundesfeier
Public
Sun, Aug 15 · Sunday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Public
Sun, Aug 15 · Sunday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Observance
Thu, Sep 9 · Thursday
Geneva Prayday
Jeûne genevois
Public
Sun, Sep 19 · Sunday
Federal Day of Thanksgiving
Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag
Observance
Mon, Sep 20 · Monday
Federal Fast Monday
Bettagsmontag
Public
Mon, Nov 1 · Monday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Mon, Nov 1 · Monday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Observance
Wed, Dec 8 · Wednesday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Public
Wed, Dec 8 · Wednesday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Observance
Sat, Dec 25 · Saturday
Christmas Day
Weihnachten
Public
Sun, Dec 26 · Sunday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Public
Sun, Dec 26 · Sunday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Observance
Fri, Dec 31 · Friday
Restoration Day
Restauration de la République
Public
Total holidays
33
in 2021
Working days remaining
246
across all of 2021
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2021
See Switzerland's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Suggested pairs: shared borders across the Alpine arc.
Switzerland has only one federal public holiday under article 110 of the Federal Constitution: Swiss National Day on 1 August. Every other public holiday is cantonal and varies across the 26 cantons, with some recognising as many as fifteen days and others as few as seven. Catholic cantons observe Epiphany, Saints Peter and Paul, Assumption, All Saints' and Immaculate Conception; Protestant cantons typically do not. Geneva uniquely observes the Jeûne Genevois on the Thursday after the first Sunday of September. The Federal Act on Work in Industry sets New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Ascension and Swiss National Day as equivalent to a Sunday for industrial labour-law purposes everywhere in Switzerland.
Article 18 of the Federal Act on Work (Arbeitsgesetz) prohibits work on Sundays except by permit. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Code of Civil Procedure article 142 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or a cantonally recognised public holiday at the place of the court to the next working day. Settlement of Swiss franc transactions runs on the Swiss Interbank Clearing system operated by SIX Interbank Clearing, which observes a nationally agreed banking calendar narrower than any cantonal list because banks operate across cantonal boundaries.
For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Switzerland's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.