Switzerland Public Holidays 2025
Switzerland has 11 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with Boxing Day on 26 December 2025. One well placed day of leave buys 4 days away from work in 2025, because one holiday sits exactly one working day from a weekend.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see Switzerland in 2026 or Switzerland in 2027.
Looking back: Switzerland observed 11 national public holidays in 2025, the same number as in 2026. Three fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against five in 2026. The calendar produced four long weekends that year, against three in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNeujahr | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayKarfreitag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter SundayOstersonntag | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayOstermontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayAuffahrt | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| PentecostPfingstsonntag | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayPfingstmontag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Bundesfeiertag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and PrayerEidg. Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayWeihnachtstag | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Boxing DayStephanstag | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a Switzerland entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Switzerland.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 April (3 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2025, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Below you will find the full 2025 list for Switzerland, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. The list is the national one, and Switzerland 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 Switzerland have in 2025?
Switzerland has 11 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is Boxing Day on 26 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Switzerland?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Switzerland in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in Switzerland is on 1 January 2025.
Are regional holidays included for Switzerland?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Switzerland are listed separately on the Switzerland holiday hub, together with the cantons that observe them.
Do the Switzerland holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. Seven of the 11 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (linked to easter and set weekday of the month), 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 18 April 2025, Easter Sunday on 20 April 2025 and Easter Monday on 21 April 2025, plus 4 more.
How far ahead is the Switzerland 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 Switzerland.
Which Switzerland holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. 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 Switzerland holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Switzerland with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Switzerland
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Switzerland public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Switzerland 2025 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 2025 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.