Working days in Switzerland, 2026
Switzerland has 258 working days in 2026: the year's 261 weekdays, minus the 3 nationwide public holidays that land on one. The month-by-month table below is computed from the same holiday data the calendar maker prints.
Month by month
| Month | Weekdays | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| May | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| November | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| Total | 261 | 3 | 258 |
- The fullest month is July with 23 working days; the lightest is February with 20.
- Counts use nationwide holidays only — regional ones (a state day in the US, a cantonal day in Switzerland) reduce the total further where they apply.
- Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Half-day customs — a Christmas Eve afternoon, a Bayram eve — are not subtracted.
Which holidays are subtracted
The 3 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the Switzerland public holidays 2026 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how Switzerland's holiday system works:
- Switzerland has exactly one federal holiday: 1 August, the National Day. Every other holiday is cantonal, and the twenty-six cantons differ enormously — which is why this list is the longest on the site, with regional rows marked.
- Catholic and Protestant cantons keep different feast days; neighbouring cantons can disagree on whether tomorrow is a working day.
- There is generally no substitution for weekend holidays.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2026 with Switzerland holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2026 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.