Germany Public Holidays 2026
Germany has 9 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Boxing Day on 26 December 2026. Two well placed days of leave buy 8 days away from work in 2026, because two holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNeujahr | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayKarfreitag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayOstermontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayMaifeiertag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayChristi Himmelfahrt | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayPfingstmontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| National HolidayTag der Deutschen Einheit | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Christmas Day1. Weihnachtstag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Boxing Day2. Weihnachtstag | 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 Germany calendar. No correction specific to Germany has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Germany.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. Two of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. The table below lists every Germany public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across Germany.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Germany have in 2026?
Germany has 9 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 Germany?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Germany in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Germany is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Germany?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Germany are listed separately on the Germany holiday hub, together with the federal states that observe them.
Do the Germany holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Four of the 9 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 Good Friday on 3 April 2026, Easter Monday on 6 April 2026 and Ascension Day on 14 May 2026, plus 1 more.
How far ahead is the Germany 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 Germany.
Which Germany 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 Germany holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Germany with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Germany
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Germany public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Germany 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 on their own, and where a single day of leave turns a holiday into a four day break. That is on the Germany long weekends page for 2026, alongside how many working days 2026 actually has once weekends and holidays come out. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.