33 official public holidays in 2024, with 0 still ahead and around 243 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 1 | Monday | New Year's Day Neujahr | Public |
| Tue, Jan 2 | Tuesday | St. Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag | Public |
| Sat, Jan 6 | Saturday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Public |
| Sat, Jan 6 | Saturday | Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige | Observance |
| Fri, Mar 1 | Friday | Republic Day Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik | Public |
| Tue, Mar 19 | Tuesday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Public |
| Tue, Mar 19 | Tuesday | Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag | Observance |
| Fri, Mar 29 | Friday | Good Friday Karfreitag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 1 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 1 | Monday | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Observance |
| Thu, Apr 4 | Thursday | Näfels procession Näfelser Fahrt | Public |
| Wed, May 1 | Wednesday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Public |
| Wed, May 1 | Wednesday | Labour Day Tag der Arbeit | Observance |
| Thu, May 9 | Thursday | Ascension Day Auffahrt | Public |
| Mon, May 20 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Public |
| Mon, May 20 | Monday | Whit Monday Pfingstmontag | Observance |
| Thu, May 30 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Public |
| Thu, May 30 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Observance |
| Sat, Jun 29 | Saturday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul Peter und Paul | Observance |
| Thu, Aug 1 | Thursday | Swiss National Day Bundesfeier | Public |
| Thu, Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Public |
| Thu, Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Maria Himmelfahrt | Observance |
| Thu, Sep 5 | Thursday | Geneva Prayday Jeûne genevois | Public |
| Sun, Sep 15 | Sunday | Federal Day of Thanksgiving Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | Observance |
| Mon, Sep 16 | Monday | Federal Fast Monday Bettagsmontag | Public |
| Fri, Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Fri, Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Observance |
| Sun, Dec 8 | Sunday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Public |
| Sun, Dec 8 | Sunday | Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis | Observance |
| Wed, Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day Weihnachten | Public |
| Thu, Dec 26 | Thursday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Public |
| Thu, Dec 26 | Thursday | St. Stephen's Day Stephanstag | Observance |
| Tue, Dec 31 | Tuesday | Restoration Day Restauration de la République | Public |
Mon, Jan 1 · Monday
New Year's Day
Neujahr
Public
Tue, Jan 2 · Tuesday
St. Berchtold's Day
Berchtoldstag
Public
Sat, Jan 6 · Saturday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Public
Sat, Jan 6 · Saturday
Epiphany
Heilige Drei Könige
Observance
Fri, Mar 1 · Friday
Republic Day
Jahrestag der Ausrufung der Republik
Public
Tue, Mar 19 · Tuesday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Public
Tue, Mar 19 · Tuesday
Saint Joseph's Day
Josefstag
Observance
Fri, Mar 29 · Friday
Good Friday
Karfreitag
Public
Mon, Apr 1 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Public
Mon, Apr 1 · Monday
Easter Monday
Ostermontag
Observance
Thu, Apr 4 · Thursday
Näfels procession
Näfelser Fahrt
Public
Wed, May 1 · Wednesday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Public
Wed, May 1 · Wednesday
Labour Day
Tag der Arbeit
Observance
Thu, May 9 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Auffahrt
Public
Mon, May 20 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Public
Mon, May 20 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pfingstmontag
Observance
Thu, May 30 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Public
Thu, May 30 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Fronleichnam
Observance
Sat, Jun 29 · Saturday
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Peter und Paul
Observance
Thu, Aug 1 · Thursday
Swiss National Day
Bundesfeier
Public
Thu, Aug 15 · Thursday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Public
Thu, Aug 15 · Thursday
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Maria Himmelfahrt
Observance
Thu, Sep 5 · Thursday
Geneva Prayday
Jeûne genevois
Public
Sun, Sep 15 · Sunday
Federal Day of Thanksgiving
Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag
Observance
Mon, Sep 16 · Monday
Federal Fast Monday
Bettagsmontag
Public
Fri, Nov 1 · Friday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Fri, Nov 1 · Friday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Observance
Sun, Dec 8 · Sunday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Public
Sun, Dec 8 · Sunday
Immaculate Conception
Mariä Empfängnis
Observance
Wed, Dec 25 · Wednesday
Christmas Day
Weihnachten
Public
Thu, Dec 26 · Thursday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Public
Thu, Dec 26 · Thursday
St. Stephen's Day
Stephanstag
Observance
Tue, Dec 31 · Tuesday
Restoration Day
Restauration de la République
Public
Total holidays
33
in 2024
Working days remaining
243
across all of 2024
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2024
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.