Greece Public Holidays 2026
Greece has 14 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Second Day of Christmas 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 DayΠρωτοχρονιά | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| EpiphanyΘεοφάνεια | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Clean MondayΚαθαρά Δευτέρα | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Annunciation, Anniversary of 1821 RevolutionΕυαγγελισμός, Εθνική Εορτή | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayΜεγάλη Παρασκευή | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter SundayΠάσχα | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayΔευτέρα του Πάσχα | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayΕργατική Πρωτομαγιά | Friday | Public holiday | |
| PentecostΠεντηκοστή | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayΑγίου Πνεύματος | Monday | Public holiday | |
| AssumptionΚοίμηση της Θεοτόκου | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| National HolidayΕπέτειος του Όχι | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayΧριστούγεννα | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Second Day of ChristmasΔεύτερη ημέρα των Χριστουγέννων | 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 newest check behind a Greece entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with 2 corrections applied to Greece. See what we changed.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.
April is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. Four 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 Greece public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. The list is the national one, and Greece also has sub-national calendars that differ from it, so check the note above the table before you rely on a single date.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Greece have in 2026?
Greece has 14 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is Second Day of Christmas on 26 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Greece?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Greece in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Greece is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Greece?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Greece are listed separately on the Greece holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Greece holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Six of the 14 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (linked to orthodox 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 Clean Monday on 23 February 2026, Good Friday on 10 April 2026 and Easter Sunday on 12 April 2026, plus 3 more.
How far ahead is the Greece 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. This table also applies 2 corrections to the underlying open dataset, each checked against the legislation. The full list with sources is on the Greece holiday hub.
Which Greece 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 Greece holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Greece with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Greece
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Greece public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Greece 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.