Czechia public holidays 2026

Czechia 2026

The calendar above is already set to Czechia holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Czechia

All 13 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 6MondayEaster Monday
May 1FridayLabour Day
May 8FridayLiberation Day
July 5SundaySaints Cyril and Methodius Day
July 6MondayJan Hus Day
September 28MondaySt. Wenceslas Day
October 28WednesdayIndependent Czechoslovak State Day
November 17TuesdayStruggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
December 24ThursdayChristmas Eve
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 3 – April 64Good Friday, Easter Monday
May 1 – May 33Labour Day
May 8 – May 103Liberation Day
July 4 – July 63Saints Cyril and Methodius Day, Jan Hus Day
September 26 – September 283St. Wenceslas Day
December 24 – December 274Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Czechia does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Czechia holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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