Public Holidays in Austria — 2026
Austria is holiday-rich in 2026, with 20 public holidays spread across the year.
6 of them land on the Saturday + Sunday weekend, which leaves 14 genuine days off work.
The dates are spread fairly evenly — 11 before July and 9 after it — with May the busiest month.
The longest dry spell runs 72 days, from Tuesday, January 6, 2026 to Thursday, March 19, 2026; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
6 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 7 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Austria sits in Western Europe, is run from Vienna, pays in Euro, and has about 9M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 20
- Days off work
- 14
- Weekend
- Saturday + Sunday
- Busiest month
- May (5)
- Longest gap
- 72 days
- Capital
- Vienna
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Neujahr |
| Tue, Jan 6 | Tuesday | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige |
| Thu, Mar 19 | Thursday | Saint Joseph's Day | Josefstag |
| Sun, Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Ostersonntag |
| Mon, Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag |
| Fri, May 1 | Friday | National Holiday | Staatsfeiertag |
| Mon, May 4 | Monday | Saint Florian's Day | Florianitag |
| Thu, May 14 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt |
| Sun, May 24 | Sunday | Pentecost | Pfingstsonntag |
| Mon, May 25 | Monday | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag |
| Thu, Jun 4 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam |
| Sat, Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption Day | Maria Himmelfahrt |
| Thu, Sep 24 | Thursday | Saint Rupert's Day | Rupertitag |
| Mon, Oct 26 | Monday | National Holiday | Nationalfeiertag |
| Sun, Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day | Allerheiligen |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Wednesday | Saint Martin's Day | Martinstag |
| Sun, Nov 15 | Sunday | Saint Leopold's Day | Leopolditag |
| Tue, Dec 8 | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception | Mariä Empfängnis |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Weihnachten |
| Sat, Dec 26 | Saturday | St. Stephen's Day | Stefanitag |
How many public holidays does Austria have in 2026?
20 — of which 14 fall on a working day and 6 fall on the Saturday + Sunday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Austria in 2026?
Neujahr on Thursday, January 1, 2026. The last one of the year is Stefanitag on Saturday, December 26, 2026.
Which days are the weekend in Austria?
Saturday + Sunday. Working-day counts on this site use that pattern, not a fixed Saturday–Sunday assumption.
When is the longest period without a public holiday in Austria in 2026?
Between Tuesday, January 6, 2026 and Thursday, March 19, 2026 — 72 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2026 dates confirmed?
Yes, all 20 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.