Public holidays in Austria 2026
20 public holidays this year
4
Jun
Next public holiday
Fronleichnam
Thursday · June 4, 2026
in 9 days
Full calendar
- 1JanNeujahrNew Year's DayThursday · January 1Public
- 6JanHeilige Drei KönigeEpiphanyTuesday · January 6Public
- 19MarJosefstagSaint Joseph's DayThursday · March 19School
- 5AprOstersonntagEaster SundaySunday · April 5Public
- 6AprOstermontagEaster MondayMonday · April 6Public
- 1MayStaatsfeiertagNational HolidayFriday · May 1Public
- 4MayFlorianitagSaint Florian's DayMonday · May 4School
- 14MayChristi HimmelfahrtAscension DayThursday · May 14Public
- 24MayPfingstsonntagPentecostSunday · May 24Public
- 25MayPfingstmontagWhit MondayMonday · May 25Public
- 4JunFronleichnamCorpus ChristiThursday · June 4Public
- 15AugMaria HimmelfahrtAssumption DaySaturday · August 15Public
- 24SepRupertitagSaint Rupert's DayThursday · September 24School
- 26OctNationalfeiertagNational HolidayMonday · October 26Public
- 1NovAllerheiligenAll Saints' DaySunday · November 1Public
- 11NovMartinstagSaint Martin's DayWednesday · November 11School
- 15NovLeopolditagSaint Leopold's DaySunday · November 15School
- 8DecMariä EmpfängnisImmaculate ConceptionTuesday · December 8Public
- 25DecWeihnachtenChristmas DayFriday · December 25Public
- 26DecStefanitagSt. Stephen's DaySaturday · December 26Public
Stats
20
Total holidays
7
Possible long weekends (Tue/Thu)
6
Holidays falling on a weekend
About local holidays
Austria has thirteen legal public holidays — among the most generous in Europe. National Day (Oct 26) marks the 1955 Declaration of Neutrality. December 8 (Immaculate Conception) is one of the few days when shops may legally open on a religious Sunday/holiday — a 1995 Catholic-union compromise. Easter, Ascension, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, Assumption, All Saints', Christmas and St Stephen's Day (Dec 26) anchor the religious side. Vienna's Heuriger taverns and Christmas markets punctuate the year.