HolidayTallySwitzerland · Canton
Solothurn, Switzerland public holidays 2026
- 5 dates counted
- 4 on weekdays
- 257 working days
- 2 long weekends
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2026 at a glance
- National Day falls on Saturday 1 August and is not moved, because Switzerland has no statutory substitute days.
- In 2026, public holidays fall on 4 weekdays in Solothurn, one fewer than in 2025.
Switzerland has no statutory substitute days: a holiday on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a weekday. Corpus Christi, the Assumption and All Saints' Day are holidays in Solothurn except in the Bucheggberg district, so they are not counted; 1 May is a holiday from noon and is shown as a shorter working day.
Public holidays in 2026
5 dates are counted as non-working in Solothurn in 2026; 4 of them fall on a weekday.
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day | |
| Friday 3 April 2026 | Good Friday | |
| Thursday 14 May 2026 | Ascension Day | |
| Saturday 1 August 2026 | National Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
| Friday 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day |
- not counted some employers only
Also observed by some
4 more days are holidays only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2026. They are not counted as non-working days here.
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 2 January 2026 | Saint Berchtold's Day (commonly a day off) | not counted |
| Thursday 4 June 2026 | Corpus Christi (not in the Bucheggberg district) | not counted |
| Saturday 15 August 2026 | Assumption Day (not in the Bucheggberg district) | not counted |
| Sunday 1 November 2026 | All Saints' Day (not in the Bucheggberg district) | not counted |
Shorter working days
1 day is a shorter working day in 2026. It counts as a full working day here.
- Friday 1 May 2026: Labour Day
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 21 working days in January, 1 holiday
- Feb 20 working days in February
- Mar 22 working days in March
- Apr 21 working days in April, 1 holiday
- May 20 working days in May, 1 holiday
- Jun 22 working days in June
- Jul 23 working days in July
- Aug 21 working days in August, 1 holiday
- Sep 22 working days in September
- Oct 22 working days in October
- Nov 21 working days in November
- Dec 22 working days in December, 1 holiday
| Month | Working days | Hours at 7.5 h | Hours at 8 h | Holidays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 1 |
| February | 20 | 150 | 160 | 0 |
| March | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| April | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 1 |
| May | 20 | 150 | 160 | 1 |
| June | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| July | 23 | 172.5 | 184 | 0 |
| August | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 1 |
| September | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| October | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| November | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 0 |
| December | 22 | 165 | 176 | 1 |
| 2026 | 257 | 1927.5 | 2056 | 5 |
Compare with the rest of Switzerland
| Jurisdiction | Working days in 2026 | Holidays on weekdays |
|---|---|---|
| Aargau | 257 | 4 |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 255 | 6 |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 254 | 7 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 254 | 7 |
| Basel-Stadt | 254 | 7 |
| Bern | 254 | 7 |
| Fribourg | 257 | 4 |
| Geneva | 253 | 8 |
| Glarus | 254 | 7 |
| Grisons | 255 | 6 |
| Jura | 253 | 8 |
| Lucerne | 256 | 5 |
| Neuchâtel | 256 | 5 |
| Nidwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Obwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Schaffhausen | 254 | 7 |
| Schwyz | 255 | 6 |
| Solothurn | 257 | 4 |
| St. Gallen | 255 | 6 |
| Thurgau | 254 | 7 |
| Ticino | 256 | 5 |
| Uri | 255 | 6 |
| Valais | 255 | 6 |
| Vaud | 253 | 8 |
| Zug | 255 | 6 |
| Zurich | 254 | 7 |
Long weekends in 2026
Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.
- 3 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026
- 3 days Friday 25 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026
Best days to take leave in 2026
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 1 Jan to Sun 4 Jan 2026 | 4 | Fri 2 Jan |
| 2 | Thu 1 Jan to Mon 5 Jan 2026 | 5 | Fri 2 Jan, Mon 5 Jan |
| 3 | Thu 1 Jan to Tue 6 Jan 2026 | 6 | Fri 2 Jan, Mon 5 Jan, Tue 6 Jan |
| 4 | Fri 25 Dec to Sun 3 Jan 2027 | 10 | Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec |
| 5 | Thu 24 Dec to Sun 3 Jan 2027 | 11 | Thu 24 Dec, Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec |
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 5 breaks (uses 10)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 to Sunday 4 January 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Thursday 26 March 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026: 11 days off for 6 days of leave
- Thursday 14 May 2026 to Sunday 17 May 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Thursday 24 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Thursday 31 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
15 days of leave: 36 days off in 5 breaks (uses 15)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 to Sunday 4 January 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 27 March 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026: 10 days off for 5 days of leave
- Saturday 9 May 2026 to Sunday 17 May 2026: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Saturday 19 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Thursday 31 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
20 days of leave: 43 days off in 5 breaks (uses 20)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 to Sunday 4 January 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 20 March 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Saturday 9 May 2026 to Sunday 17 May 2026: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Saturday 19 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Thursday 31 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
25 days of leave: 50 days off in 5 breaks (uses 25)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 to Sunday 4 January 2026: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 20 March 2026 to Sunday 5 April 2026: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Saturday 2 May 2026 to Sunday 17 May 2026: 16 days off for 9 days of leave
- Saturday 19 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
- Thursday 31 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day 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 Solothurn, 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 Solothurn
Solothurn is a canton of two religious traditions, and the count on this page is deliberately small because of it. The federal labour authority (SECO) records, in its table of cantonal holidays that rank as Sundays under the Federal Labour Act, one list for the whole canton and a shorter one for the district of Bucheggberg. Only the days common to both are counted here: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Ascension, Christmas Day and, as the national holiday, 1 August. That makes five.
The longer list covers everywhere except Bucheggberg and adds Corpus Christi, the Assumption on 15 August and All Saints' Day on 1 November. A worker in a Bucheggberg village has three fewer holidays than a worker elsewhere in the canton. Because a page for the canton as a whole cannot say which of the two a given reader belongs to, those three Catholic feasts are listed with the label "not in the Bucheggberg district" but not counted. Anyone working outside Bucheggberg should take them off the figures below.
The May Day entry is the unusual one. In Solothurn only the afternoon of 1 May is a rest period, and the holiday starts at noon. The site shows it as a shorter working day, not as a full day off, and it does not reduce the count of working days. In 2026 the count leaves 257 working days from Monday to Friday, and 2027 has 258.
The table does not name 2 January, Easter Monday, Whit Monday or St Stephen's Day. Of these, 2 January is listed as commonly a day off, since many employers give it. The holiday library that supplies part of this site's raw data differs on several points, and where it and the SECO table disagree this page follows the table.
Against its neighbours, Solothurn sits at the low end. Lucerne counts nine days, with the full set of Catholic feasts, and Schaffhausen counts nine with Easter Monday, Whit Monday and 1 May. Jura, to the west, also counts nine and lists four more cantonal holidays without counting them. Solothurn has no Immaculate Conception, no St Stephen's Day and no Whit Monday in its list at all.
Switzerland has no substitute days. A holiday that lands on a Saturday or a Sunday is not moved: 1 August is a Saturday in 2026 and a Sunday in 2027, and nothing replaces it. Local municipal holidays and customary closing days are outside the count.
Source and last check
Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: .