Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Germany 2026
Germany has 9 public holidays in 2026: 7 on working days and 2 on a weekend. The next one is German Unity Day on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in 5 days. 16 states add or change dates of their own: see by state.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Germany
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 7 of the 9 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 7 of the 9 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Friday, with 3 dates.
Five of the 9 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Good Friday on Friday, April 3, Easter Monday on Monday, April 6, Labor Day on Friday, May 1, Pentecost Monday on Monday, May 25 and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25. Two more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off) and Ascension Day on Thursday, May 14 (take Friday off).
May is the busiest month, with 3 holiday dates. Seven months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, July, August, September and November). The longest stretch between two holidays is 131 days, from Pentecost Monday on May 25 to German Unity Day on October 3, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 9 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 5 of the 9 dates fall on a working day, and 4 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Germany
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekendNext | German Unity Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Second Day of Christmas |
2027 public holidays in Germany
9 holidays on 9 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| SundayWeekend | German Unity Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Second Day of Christmas |
By state: regional public holidays 2026
All 16 states add dates of their own to the national 2026 list. Baden-Württemberg has the most, with 3 extra dates beyond the national calendar. Each card lists only what differs from the national list above: extra 2026 dates, dates on that list the state does not observe, and holidays kept on the same date under a local name.
Baden-Württemberg
| January 6, Tue | Epiphany |
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
| November 1, Sun | All Saints' Day |
Bavaria
| January 6, Tue | Epiphany |
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
| November 1, Sun | All Saints' Day |
Berlin
| March 8, Sun | Women's Day |
Brandenburg
| April 5, Sun | Easter Sunday |
| May 24, Sun | Pentecost |
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Bremen
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Hamburg
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Hesse
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
Lower Saxony
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
| March 8, Sun | Women's Day |
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
North Rhine-Westphalia
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
| November 1, Sun | All Saints' Day |
Rhineland-Palatinate
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
| November 1, Sun | All Saints' Day |
Saarland
| June 4, Thu | Corpus Christi |
| August 15, Sat | Assumption Day |
| November 1, Sun | All Saints' Day |
Saxony
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
| November 18, Wed | Repentance and Prayer Day |
Saxony-Anhalt
| January 6, Tue | Epiphany |
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Schleswig-Holstein
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
Thuringia
| September 20, Sun | World Children's Day |
| October 31, Sat | Reformation Day |
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