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Public holidays in Switzerland 2018
Overview of 338 public holidays and observances in Switzerland for 2018, including 1 official public holidays. Dates are shown with the day of the week.
Public holidays in Switzerland 2017 · Public holidays in Switzerland 2019 · Calendar 2018
Public holidays
Date Name
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
Aargau
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
6 January 2018 (Saturday)Epiphany
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Basel-Landschaft
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Basel-Stadt
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Bern
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Fribourg
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
6 January 2018 (Saturday)Epiphany
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Geneva
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
6 September 2018 (Thursday)Geneva Fast
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
31 December 2018 (Monday)Restoration Day
Glarus
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
5 April 2018 (Thursday)Näfels Procession
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Graubünden
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Jura
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
23 June 2018 (Saturday)Jura Independence Day
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Lucerne
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
6 January 2018 (Saturday)Epiphany
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Neuchâtel
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
1 March 2018 (Thursday)Republic Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Nidwalden
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Obwalden
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
25 September 2018 (Tuesday)Saint Nicholas of Flüe
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Schaffhausen
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Schwyz
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Solothurn
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
St. Gallen
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Thurgau
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day
Ticino
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
6 January 2018 (Saturday)Epiphany
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
29 June 2018 (Friday)Saints Peter and Paul
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)St Stephen's Day
Uri
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Valais
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
6 January 2018 (Saturday)Epiphany
19 March 2018 (Monday)Saint Joseph's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
8 December 2018 (Saturday)Immaculate Conception
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Vaud
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
17 September 2018 (Monday)Federal Fast Monday
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Zug
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
31 May 2018 (Thursday)Corpus Christi
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
15 August 2018 (Wednesday)Assumption of Mary
1 November 2018 (Thursday)All Saints' Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
Zurich
Date Name
1 January 2018 (Monday)New Year's Day
2 January 2018 (Tuesday)Berchtoldstag
30 March 2018 (Friday)Good Friday
1 April 2018 (Sunday)Easter Sunday
2 April 2018 (Monday)Easter Monday
1 May 2018 (Tuesday)Labour Day
10 May 2018 (Thursday)Ascension Day
20 May 2018 (Sunday)Whit Sunday
21 May 2018 (Monday)Whit Monday
1 August 2018 (Wednesday)National Day
25 December 2018 (Tuesday)Christmas Day
26 December 2018 (Wednesday)Boxing Day