Austria: public holidays in 2026
In 2026, Austria has 13 public holidays. 10 fall on a weekday and 3 on a weekend (Assumption Day, All Saints’ Day and St. Stephen’s Day). That makes 10 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Thursday |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Tuesday |
| Easter Monday | April 6 | Monday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Friday |
| Ascension Day | May 14 | Thursday |
| Whit Monday | May 25 | Monday |
| Corpus Christi | June 4 | Thursday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Saturday |
| Austrian National Day | October 26 | Monday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Sunday |
| Immaculate Conception | December 8 | Tuesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Friday |
| St. Stephen’s Day | December 26 | Saturday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
2026 has 5 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Saturday, April 4 to Monday, April 6: 3 days · Easter Monday
- Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3: 3 days · Labor Day (May Day)
- Saturday, May 23 to Monday, May 25: 3 days · Whit Monday
- Saturday, October 24 to Monday, October 26: 3 days · Austrian National Day
- Friday, December 25 to Sunday, December 27: 3 days · Christmas Day
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, January 2 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, January 1 to Sunday, January 4 · New Year’s Day
- Take Monday, January 5 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, January 3 to Tuesday, January 6 · Epiphany
- Take Friday, May 15 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, May 14 to Sunday, May 17 · Ascension Day
- Take Friday, June 5 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, June 4 to Sunday, June 7 · Corpus Christi
- Take Monday, December 7 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Assumption Day (Saturday, August 15), All Saints’ Day (Sunday, November 1) and St. Stephen’s Day (Saturday, December 26) fall on a weekend in 2026. In Austria a holiday that falls on a weekend is not moved.
Good to know
Austria has 13 statutory public holidays, the same in all nine provinces. Good Friday stopped being a holiday for Protestants in 2019 and was replaced by a “personal holiday” each employee can pick. The provincial patron saints’ days, such as St. Leopold in Vienna, close schools and public offices but are not general days off.
2026 and 2027 compared
In 2027, Austria has 13 public holidays, 9 of them on weekdays (Austria 2027). With its holidays removed, 2026 counts 251 working days from Monday to Friday, against 252 in 2027: month by month in working days in Austria 2026.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2026; and for the whole year on one page, the 2026 calendar.