Greece public holidays 2026

Greece 2026

The calendar above is already set to Greece 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 Greece

All 15 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
January 6TuesdayEpiphany
February 23MondayClean Monday
March 25WednesdayAnnunciation
March 25WednesdayIndependence Day
April 10FridayGood Friday
April 12SundayEaster Sunday
April 13MondayEaster Monday
May 1FridayLabour Day
May 31SundayPentecost
June 1MondayWhit Monday
August 15SaturdayAssumption Day
October 28WednesdayOchi Day
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
February 21 – February 233Clean Monday
April 10 – April 134Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 1 – May 33Labour Day
May 30 – June 13Pentecost, Whit Monday
December 25 – December 273Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

4 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Greece 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 Greece holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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