The calendar above already shades the school breaks of Germany for 2026 — pick your own region in the sidebar, since dates differ across the 16 federal states. Below are the exact dates, region by region.
Quick answers
When are the summer holidays in Germany in 2026?
Start dates for the Summer Holidays range from June 29 to August 3 by region; end dates from August 7 to September 14.
What is the longest school break in Germany in 2026?
The Summer Holidays: 48 days, July 13 to August 29 where it applies.
How many school-break days does Germany have in 2026?
Between 91 and 120 days, depending on the region.
How school holidays work in Germany
Each of the sixteen Länder sets its own dates, and the summer breaks are deliberately staggered by a long-running federal-state agreement so the whole country is not on the autobahn in the same fortnight. Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg traditionally go last.
Beyond the big five breaks (autumn, Christmas, winter, Easter, summer), Länder sprinkle single movable days — Repentance Day in Saxony, post-Ascension bridge days — which appear in the tables below.
Dates are fixed years in advance, which is why this data already reaches 2030.
Dates by region
Every break below is listed under each region it applies to. The print link next to a region opens the generator with that region's breaks shaded.
Dates come from each country's official school-calendar publications, collected by the open-data OpenHolidays project, and cover public schools. Ministries publish year by year, so a future year can be partial until its calendar is announced; individual schools can also add their own in-service days. Treat this as the official frame and the school's own calendar as final. Dates last checked against the source on 2026-08-27.
Looking for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada or Australia? Their dates are set by school districts, local authorities or state education departments rather than published as one national table — those pages explain how each system works and what to print instead. The school-year calendar (August to July on one page) works for any district once you pencil in your own dates.
Print it
The generator on this page shades every break listed here for the region you pick, on top of the public holidays, moon phases and week numbers you can already turn on. The PDF is free, with no watermark and no sign-up.
