Public holidays 2028 in Switzerland
In 2028, New Year's Day (Sat, 1 Jan), Ascension Day (Thu, 25 May), Swiss National Day (Tue, 1 Aug) and Christmas Day (Mon, 25 Dec) apply in all 26 cantons. All others are set by the cantons: most weekday holidays in Ticino (13), fewest in Aargau, Fribourg and Solothurn (4). Below: every month, 8 possible bridge days and all cantons compared.
Holidays 2028 by canton
Pick your canton for the full list with bridge days:
Holidays in January 2028
- Saturday, January 1,New Year's Day — statutory in all 26 cantons
- Sunday, January 2,Berchtold's Day — statutory in 4 cantons: BE, TG, VD, JU; partly or customary in ZH, LU, OW, GL, ZG, FR, SO, SH, GR, AG, NE, GE
- Thursday, January 6,Epiphany — statutory in 3 cantons: UR, SZ, TI; partly or customary in GR
Holidays in March 2028
- Wednesday, March 1,Neuchâtel Republic Day — only in Neuchâtel
- Sunday, March 19,St. Joseph's Day — statutory in 5 cantons: UR, SZ, NW, TI, VS; partly or customary in LU, ZG, GR
Holidays in April 2028
- Thursday, April 6,Näfels Pilgrimage — only in Glarus
- Friday, April 14,Good Friday — statutory in 24 cantons (not TI, VS)
- Monday, April 17,Easter Monday — statutory in 17 cantons: ZH, BE, UR, SZ, GL, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, GR, TG, TI, VD, GE, JU; partly or customary in LU, OW, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG, NE
Holidays in May 2028
- Monday, May 1,Labour Day — statutory in 8 cantons: ZH, BS, BL, SH, TG, TI, NE, JU; partly or customary in FR, SO, AG
- Thursday, May 25,Ascension Day — statutory in all 26 cantons
Holidays in June 2028
- Monday, June 5,Whit Monday — statutory in 17 cantons: ZH, BE, UR, SZ, GL, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, GR, TG, TI, VD, GE, JU; partly or customary in LU, OW, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG, NE
- Thursday, June 15,Corpus Christi — statutory in 10 cantons: LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG, AI, TI, VS, JU; partly or customary in FR, SO, BL, GR, AG, NE
- Friday, June 23,Jura Independence Day — only in Jura
- Thursday, June 29,Saints Peter and Paul — only in Ticino; partly or customary in LU, GR
Holidays in August 2028
- Tuesday, August 1,Swiss National Day — statutory in all 26 cantons
- Tuesday, August 15,Assumption Day — statutory in 10 cantons: LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG, AI, TI, VS, JU; partly or customary in FR, SO, BL, GR, AG
Holidays in September 2028
- Thursday, September 7,Geneva Fast — only in Geneva
- Monday, September 18,Federal Fast Monday — only in Vaud; partly or customary in BE, NE
- Friday, September 22,St. Maurice's Day — only in Appenzell Inner Rhodes
- Monday, September 25,St. Nicholas of Flüe — only in Obwalden
Holidays in November 2028
- Wednesday, November 1,All Saints' Day — statutory in 12 cantons: LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, GL, ZG, AI, SG, TI, VS, JU; partly or customary in FR, SO, GR, AG
Holidays in December 2028
- Friday, December 8,Immaculate Conception — statutory in 9 cantons: LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG, AI, TI, VS; partly or customary in FR, SO, GR, AG
- Monday, December 25,Christmas Day — statutory in all 26 cantons
- Tuesday, December 26,St. Stephen's Day — statutory in 15 cantons: ZH, BE, LU, UR, SZ, GL, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, GR, TG, TI; partly or customary in OW, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG
- Sunday, December 31,Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) — only in Geneva
Bridge days 2028
A bridge day is a single working day between a holiday and the weekend. One day of leave turns it into a long weekend. Which bridges exist depends on the canton:
| Bridge day | because of | Days off | Cantons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 7 Jan | Epiphany | 4 | UR, SZ, TI |
| Fri, 7 Apr | Näfels Pilgrimage | 4 | GL |
| Fri, 26 May | Ascension Day | 4 | all |
| Fri, 16 Jun | Corpus Christi | 4 | LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG, AI, TI, VS, JU |
| Fri, 30 Jun | Saints Peter and Paul | 4 | TI |
| Mon, 31 Jul | Swiss National Day | 4 | all |
| Mon, 14 Aug | Assumption Day | 4 | LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG, AI, TI, VS, JU |
| Fri, 8 Sep | Geneva Fast | 4 | GE |
Canton comparison 2028
Counted are statutory holidays and rest days valid in the whole canton. “On weekdays” = Monday to Friday.
| Canton | statutory | on weekdays | partial/customary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticino | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| Schwyz | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| Uri | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| Appenzell Inner Rhodes | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| Jura | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Glarus | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Lucerne | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Obwalden | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| Nidwalden | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Thurgau | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Basel-Country | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| Basel-City | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| St. Gallen | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Schaffhausen | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Zug | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Zurich | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Bern | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Geneva | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Vaud | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Valais | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Appenzell Outer Rhodes | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Grisons | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Neuchâtel | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Aargau | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Fribourg | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Solothurn | 5 | 4 | 9 |
All holidays 2028 × 26 cantons
| Holiday | ZH | BE | LU | UR | SZ | OW | NW | GL | ZG | FR | SO | BS | BL | SH | AR | AI | SG | GR | AG | TG | TI | VD | VS | NE | GE | JU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day · Sat, 1 Jan | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory |
| Berchtold's Day · Sun, 2 Jan | ○customary | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ●statutory | ||||||||||
| Epiphany · Thu, 6 Jan | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ●statutory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neuchâtel Republic Day · Wed, 1 Mar | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's Day · Sun, 19 Mar | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ||||||||||||||||||
| Näfels Pilgrimage · Thu, 6 Apr | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good Friday · Fri, 14 Apr | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ||
| Easter Monday · Mon, 17 Apr | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | |
| Labour Day · Mon, 1 May | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||
| Ascension Day · Thu, 25 May | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory |
| Whit Monday · Mon, 5 Jun | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ●statutory | ●statutory | |
| Corpus Christi · Thu, 15 Jun | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ●statutory | ||||||||||
| Jura Independence Day · Fri, 23 Jun | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saints Peter and Paul · Thu, 29 Jun | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swiss National Day · Tue, 1 Aug | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory |
| Assumption Day · Tue, 15 Aug | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | |||||||||||
| Geneva Fast · Thu, 7 Sep | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal Fast Monday · Mon, 18 Sep | ○customary | ●statutory | ○customary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Maurice's Day · Fri, 22 Sep | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Nicholas of Flüe · Mon, 25 Sep | ●statutory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Saints' Day · Wed, 1 Nov | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ||||||||||
| Immaculate Conception · Fri, 8 Dec | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ◐partly | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | |||||||||||||
| Christmas Day · Mon, 25 Dec | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory |
| St. Stephen's Day · Tue, 26 Dec | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ●statutory | ○customary | ○customary | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ●statutory | ◐partly | ●statutory | ●statutory | |||||
| Restoration of the Republic (Geneva) · Sun, 31 Dec | ●statutory |
● statutory holiday or rest day in the whole canton · ◐ half day or only in some municipalities · ○ not statutory but usually a day off
Frequently asked
Which holidays apply across Switzerland in 2028?
Statutory in all 26 cantons: New Year's Day (Saturday, January 1, 2028), Ascension Day (Thursday, May 25, 2028), Swiss National Day (Tuesday, August 1, 2028) and Christmas Day (Monday, December 25, 2028). All other holidays are set by the cantons.
When is Easter 2028?
Easter Sunday 2028 is on Sunday, April 16, 2028. Good Friday is Friday, April 14, 2028 (statutory in 24 cantons (not TI, VS)), Easter Monday Monday, April 17, 2028 (statutory in 17 cantons: ZH, BE, UR, SZ, GL, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, GR, TG, TI, VD, GE, JU; partly or customary in LU, OW, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG, NE).
When is Ascension Day 2028 and is there a bridge day?
Ascension Day is on Thursday, May 25, 2028, a holiday in all cantons. Taking Friday, May 26, 2028 off gives 4 days in a row.
When is Whit Monday 2028?
Whit Monday is on Monday, June 5, 2028 — statutory in 17 cantons: ZH, BE, UR, SZ, GL, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, GR, TG, TI, VD, GE, JU; partly or customary in LU, OW, NW, ZG, FR, SO, AG, NE.
Which holidays are in May 2028?
In May 2028: Labour Day on Monday, May 1, 2028 (statutory in 8 cantons: ZH, BS, BL, SH, TG, TI, NE, JU; partly or customary in FR, SO, AG); Ascension Day on Thursday, May 25, 2028 (statutory in all 26 cantons).
Is 1 May 2028 a public holiday?
Labour Day (Monday, May 1, 2028) is statutory in only 8 cantons: Zurich, Basel-City, Basel-Country, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Ticino, Neuchâtel and Jura. Half day in Fribourg and Solothurn.
Which canton has the most holidays in 2028?
Most statutory holidays on weekdays in 2028: Ticino with 13. Fewest: Aargau, Fribourg and Solothurn with 4.
Is Maundy Thursday 2028 a holiday?
No. Maundy Thursday (Thursday, April 13, 2028) is not a statutory holiday in any canton.
Which holidays fall on a weekend in 2028?
New Year's Day (Saturday, January 1, 2028) — no extra weekday off in 2028.
Sources and method
Per-canton rules follow the Federal Office of Justice list of statutory holidays and the derived canton table; Art. 20a Labour Act (National Day + up to eight cantonal holidays). All dates are computed; movable feasts from the Easter date. Cantonal law prevails; local municipal holidays are not listed. No guarantee.