Austria: public holidays in 2027
In 2027, Austria has 13 public holidays. 9 fall on a weekday and 4 on a weekend (Labor Day (May Day), Assumption Day, Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day). That makes 9 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Wednesday |
| Easter Monday | March 29 | Monday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Saturday |
| Ascension Day | May 6 | Thursday |
| Whit Monday | May 17 | Monday |
| Corpus Christi | May 27 | Thursday |
| Assumption Day | August 15 | Sunday |
| Austrian National Day | October 26 | Tuesday |
| All Saints’ Day | November 1 | Monday |
| Immaculate Conception | December 8 | Wednesday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
| St. Stephen’s Day | December 26 | Sunday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2027
2027 has 4 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, January 1 to Sunday, January 3: 3 days · New Year’s Day
- Saturday, March 27 to Monday, March 29: 3 days · Easter Monday
- Saturday, May 15 to Monday, May 17: 3 days · Whit Monday
- Saturday, October 30 to Monday, November 1: 3 days · All Saints’ Day
Bridge days, where a little leave buys a lot of time off:
- Take Friday, May 7 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, May 6 to Sunday, May 9 · Ascension Day
- Take Friday, May 28 off: 4 days in a row, from Thursday, May 27 to Sunday, May 30 · Corpus Christi
- Take Monday, October 25 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, October 23 to Tuesday, October 26 · Austrian National Day
- Take Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5 off: 6 days in a row, from Friday, January 1 to Wednesday, January 6 · New Year’s Day and Epiphany
- Take Thursday, January 7 and Friday, January 8 off: 5 days in a row, from Wednesday, January 6 to Sunday, January 10 · Epiphany
- Take Monday, December 6 and Tuesday, December 7 off: 5 days in a row, from Saturday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Labor Day (May Day) (Saturday, May 1), Assumption Day (Sunday, August 15), Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) and St. Stephen’s Day (Sunday, December 26) fall on a weekend in 2027. 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.
2027 and 2026 compared
In 2026, Austria has 13 public holidays, 10 of them on weekdays (Austria 2026). With its holidays removed, 2027 counts 252 working days from Monday to Friday, against 251 in 2026: month by month in working days in Austria 2027.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2027; and for the whole year on one page, the 2027 calendar.