HolidayTallySwitzerland · Canton
Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland public holidays 2027
- 9 dates counted
- 5 on weekdays
- 256 working days
- 3 long weekends
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2027 at a glance
- Labour Day falls on Saturday 1 May and is not moved; National Day falls on Sunday 1 August and is not moved; Christmas Day falls on Saturday 25 December and is not moved; Saint Stephen's Day falls on Sunday 26 December and is not moved, because Switzerland has no statutory substitute days.
- In 2027, public holidays fall on 5 weekdays in Basel-Landschaft, two fewer than in 2026.
Switzerland has no statutory substitute days: a public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a weekday. Only 1 August is a federal holiday; each canton's law makes some other days equal to a Sunday, and these counts include exactly those. Further cantonal rest days, days kept only in some areas and days that many employers give off by custom are listed but not counted.
Public holidays in 2027
9 dates are counted as non-working in Basel-Landschaft in 2027; 5 of them fall on a weekday.
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 1 January 2027 | New Year's Day | |
| Friday 26 March 2027 | Good Friday | |
| Monday 29 March 2027 | Easter Monday | |
| Saturday 1 May 2027 | Labour Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
| Thursday 6 May 2027 | Ascension Day | |
| Monday 17 May 2027 | Whit Monday | |
| Sunday 1 August 2027 | National Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
| Saturday 25 December 2027 | Christmas Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
| Sunday 26 December 2027 | Saint Stephen's Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
Working days and hours by month
Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.
- Jan 20 working days in January, 1 holiday
- Feb 20 working days in February
- Mar 21 working days in March, 2 holidays
- Apr 22 working days in April
- May 19 working days in May, 3 holidays
- Jun 22 working days in June
- Jul 22 working days in July
- Aug 22 working days in August, 1 holiday
- Sep 22 working days in September
- Oct 21 working days in October
- Nov 22 working days in November
- Dec 23 working days in December, 2 holidays
| Month | Working days | Hours at 7.5 h | Hours at 8 h | Holidays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 150 | 160 | 1 |
| February | 20 | 150 | 160 | 0 |
| March | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 2 |
| April | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| May | 19 | 142.5 | 152 | 3 |
| June | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| July | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| August | 22 | 165 | 176 | 1 |
| September | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| October | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 0 |
| November | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| December | 23 | 172.5 | 184 | 2 |
| 2027 | 256 | 1920 | 2048 | 9 |
Compare with the rest of Switzerland
| Jurisdiction | Working days in 2027 | Holidays on weekdays |
|---|---|---|
| Aargau | 258 | 3 |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 256 | 5 |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 255 | 6 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 256 | 5 |
| Basel-Stadt | 256 | 5 |
| Bern | 256 | 5 |
| Fribourg | 258 | 3 |
| Geneva | 254 | 7 |
| Glarus | 254 | 7 |
| Grisons | 256 | 5 |
| Jura | 255 | 6 |
| Lucerne | 256 | 5 |
| Neuchâtel | 257 | 4 |
| Nidwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Obwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Schaffhausen | 256 | 5 |
| Schwyz | 255 | 6 |
| Solothurn | 258 | 3 |
| St. Gallen | 255 | 6 |
| Thurgau | 256 | 5 |
| Ticino | 256 | 5 |
| Uri | 255 | 6 |
| Valais | 255 | 6 |
| Vaud | 255 | 6 |
| Zug | 255 | 6 |
| Zurich | 256 | 5 |
Long weekends in 2027
Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.
- 3 days Friday 1 January 2027 to Sunday 3 January 2027
- 4 days Friday 26 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027
- 3 days Saturday 15 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027
Best days to take leave in 2027
The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.
| Leave days | Break | Days off | Take leave on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 25 Mar to Mon 29 Mar 2027 | 5 | Thu 25 Mar |
| 2 | Wed 24 Mar to Mon 29 Mar 2027 | 6 | Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar |
| 3 | Tue 23 Mar to Mon 29 Mar 2027 | 7 | Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar |
| 4 | Sat 20 Mar to Mon 29 Mar 2027 | 10 | Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar |
| 5 | Fri 19 Mar to Mon 29 Mar 2027 | 11 | Fri 19 Mar, Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar |
Leave plans for the whole year
Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.
10 days of leave: 27 days off in 4 breaks (uses 10)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Saturday 20 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 10 days off for 4 days of leave
- Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Friday 14 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
15 days of leave: 34 days off in 4 breaks (uses 15)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Saturday 13 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 17 days off for 9 days of leave
- Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Friday 14 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
20 days of leave: 41 days off in 4 breaks (uses 20)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 12 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 18 days off for 10 days of leave
- Friday 30 April 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 10 days off for 5 days of leave
- Saturday 15 May 2027 to Sunday 23 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
25 days of leave: 48 days off in 4 breaks (uses 25)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 12 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 18 days off for 10 days of leave
- Friday 23 April 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Saturday 15 May 2027 to Sunday 23 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
Countdown
The days to the next holiday appear here when JavaScript is on.
The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.
Calendar and data downloads
Every public holiday for Basel-Landschaft, 2026 to 2028, in your calendar app. A subscription updates by itself.
The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.
About public holidays in Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft is the rural canton that surrounds the city of Basel. The SECO annex to the Labour Act lists the days the canton has equated with a Sunday, and the list is conventional for northern Switzerland: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 1 August, Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day. Nine days are therefore non-working in a year in which none of them falls on a weekend, and this site counts them all as public holidays.
The inclusion of 1 May is the feature most likely to catch a visitor out. Labour Day is not a federal holiday, and most cantons give it no legal status. Basel-Landschaft and its city neighbour recognise it in full. Solothurn, to the south, recognises it only from noon, and the Aargau authorities say explicitly that 1 May is not a statutory holiday there.
Equally relevant is what Basel-Landschaft leaves out. There is no 2 January, which Bern keeps and which several Aargau districts observe too, and none of the Catholic feasts that fill the calendars of the Aargau districts of Laufenburg and Muri. This page therefore has only one group of days: the nine above are counted, and no further date is listed beside them as a day named but not treated as a Sunday.
The Basel Carnival, or Fasnacht, is a major regional event in the first week of Lent, but it is a custom and not a statutory holiday, so it is not counted. Local pay arrangements for such days are a matter for the employer.
Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whit Monday move with Easter; the other five days are fixed. In 2026 two of the nine dates, 1 August and 26 December, fall on a Saturday, which leaves 254 working days from Monday to Friday; in 2027 four fall on a weekend and the figure is 256. When a holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the canton does not give a weekday in lieu, and this page follows suit. Whether a holiday on a working day is paid depends on the contract.
Source and last check
Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: .