Italy: public holidays in 2026
In 2026, Italy has 13 public holidays. 7 fall on a weekday and 6 on a weekend (Easter Sunday, Liberation Day, Assumption Day (Ferragosto), St. Francis of Assisi, All Saints’ Day and St. Stephen’s Day). That makes 7 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Thursday |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Tuesday |
| Easter Sunday | April 5 | Sunday |
| Easter Monday | April 6 | Monday |
| Liberation Day | April 25 | Saturday |
| Labor Day (May Day) | May 1 | Friday |
| Republic Day | June 2 | Tuesday |
| Assumption Day (Ferragosto) | August 15 | Saturday |
| St. Francis of Assisi | October 4 | Sunday |
| 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 3 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)
- 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 Monday, June 1 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, May 30 to Tuesday, June 2 · Republic Day
- Take Monday, December 7 off: 4 days in a row, from Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday, December 8 · Immaculate Conception
Holidays on a weekend
Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 5), Liberation Day (Saturday, April 25), Assumption Day (Ferragosto) (Saturday, August 15), St. Francis of Assisi (Sunday, October 4), All Saints’ Day (Sunday, November 1) and St. Stephen’s Day (Saturday, December 26) fall on a weekend in 2026. In Italy a holiday that falls on a weekend is not moved.
Regional holidays in 2026
These days are holidays only in part of Italy:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| St. Mark (Venice) | April 25 | Venezia |
| Whit Monday | May 25 | Alto Adige / Südtirol |
| St. John the Baptist | June 24 | Torino, Genova, Firenze |
| St. Peter and St. Paul (Rome) | June 29 | Roma |
| St. Rosalia (Palermo) | July 15 | Palermo |
| St. Januarius (Naples) | September 19 | Napoli |
| St. Petronius (Bologna) | October 4 | Bologna |
| St. Nicholas (Bari) | December 6 | Bari |
| St. Ambrose (Milan) | December 7 | Milano |
Good to know
Italy’s holidays are set by Law 260 of 1949, amended many times. Law 151 of October 8, 2025 restored October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, as a national holiday from 2026. Each town also takes its patron saint’s day off: June 29 in Rome, December 7 in Milan, June 24 in Turin, Genoa and Florence.
2026 and 2027 compared
In 2027, Italy has 13 public holidays, 7 of them on weekdays (Italy 2027). With its holidays removed, 2026 counts 254 working days from Monday to Friday, against 254 in 2027: month by month in working days in Italy 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.