Austria Public Holidays 2026
Austria has 13 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Boxing Day on 26 December 2026. Five well placed days of leave buy 20 days away from work in 2026, because five holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNeujahr | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| EpiphanyHeilige Drei Könige | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayOstermontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Staatsfeiertag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayChristi Himmelfahrt | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayPfingstmontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Corpus ChristiFronleichnam | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| AssumptionMariä Himmelfahrt | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| National HolidayNationalfeiertag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| All Saints' DayAllerheiligen | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Immaculate ConceptionMariä Empfängnis | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayChristtag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Boxing DayStefanitag | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Austria calendar. No correction specific to Austria has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Austria.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
Expect the most closures around May (3 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Below you will find the full 2026 list for Austria, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. We track national holidays only, leaving out regional variations, so the list stays consistent and easy to compare with other countries.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Austria have in 2026?
Austria has 13 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is Boxing Day on 26 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Austria?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Austria in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Austria is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Austria?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Austria are listed separately on the Austria holiday hub, together with the federal states that observe them.
Do the Austria holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Four of the 13 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (linked to easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Easter Monday on 6 April 2026, Ascension Day on 14 May 2026 and Whit Monday on 25 May 2026, plus 1 more.
How far ahead is the Austria calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Austria.
Which Austria holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Austria holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Austria with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Austria
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Austria public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Austria 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2026 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.