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Vaud, Switzerland public holidays 2027

  • 9 dates counted
  • 6 on weekdays
  • 255 working days
  • 4 long weekends

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2027 at a glance

  • Saint Berchtold's Day falls on Saturday 2 January 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, because Switzerland has no statutory substitute days.
  • In 2027, public holidays fall on 6 weekdays in Vaud, 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 Vaud in 2027; 6 of them fall on a weekday.

DateHolidayNotes
New Year's Day
Saint Berchtold's Day Falls on a weekend and is not moved.
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Ascension Day
Whit Monday
National Day Falls on a weekend and is not moved.
Prayer Monday
Christmas 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.

MonthWorking daysHours at 7.5 hHours at 8 hHolidays
January 20 150 160 2
February 20 150 160 0
March 21 157.5 168 2
April 22 165 176 0
May 19 142.5 152 2
June 22 165 176 0
July 22 165 176 0
August 22 165 176 1
September 21 157.5 168 1
October 21 157.5 168 0
November 22 165 176 0
December 23 172.5 184 1
2027 255 1912.5 2040 9

Compare with the rest of Switzerland

JurisdictionWorking days in 2027Holidays 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
  • 3 days Saturday 18 September 2027 to Monday 20 September 2027

Best days to take leave in 2027

The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.

Leave daysBreakDays offTake 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: 28 days off in 5 breaks (uses 10)
  1. Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  2. Thursday 18 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 12 days off for 6 days of leave
  3. Thursday 6 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  4. Friday 14 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  5. Friday 17 September 2027 to Monday 20 September 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
15 days of leave: 37 days off in 5 breaks (uses 15)
  1. Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  2. Friday 19 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 11 days off for 5 days of leave
  3. Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
  4. Friday 14 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  5. Saturday 18 September 2027 to Sunday 26 September 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
20 days of leave: 44 days off in 5 breaks (uses 20)
  1. Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  2. Friday 12 March 2027 to Monday 29 March 2027: 18 days off for 10 days of leave
  3. Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
  4. Friday 14 May 2027 to Monday 17 May 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
  5. Saturday 18 September 2027 to Sunday 26 September 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
25 days of leave: 53 days off in 5 breaks (uses 25)
  1. Friday 1 January 2027 to Sunday 10 January 2027: 10 days off for 5 days of leave
  2. Saturday 20 March 2027 to Sunday 4 April 2027: 16 days off for 8 days of leave
  3. Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
  4. Saturday 15 May 2027 to Sunday 23 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
  5. Saturday 18 September 2027 to Sunday 26 September 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave

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Countdown

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The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.

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Calendar and data downloads

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About public holidays in Vaud

Vaud is a French-speaking, historically Protestant canton, and its calendar shows it. The holidays published on the canton's official holiday and school-calendar pages are Sundays, 1 and 2 January, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 1 August, the Lundi du Jeûne and Christmas Day. That gives nine days a year besides Sundays, and this page counts them. The reference for treating them as Sunday-equivalent days is the SECO table of Swiss holidays, in its state of December 2024.

The Lundi du Jeûne is what makes Vaud distinctive. It is the Monday after the Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer, which is the third Sunday in September. In 2026 it falls on Monday 21 September and in 2027 on Monday 20 September. Zurich and St Gallen mark the Sunday only, so the Monday does not exist there.

There is a second, smaller rule. The canton's page says that the cantonal administration receives one extra day off beyond the list, set in principle at 26 December and movable by the personnel service. That is a benefit of state employees and not a day that the canton equates with a Sunday, so 26 December is not counted here, whereas in Zurich and Ticino St Stephen's Day is. A private employer in Vaud is under no duty to close on that date.

Eight of the nine counted dates take a weekday away in 2026, which leaves 253 working days. In 2027 only six do, because 2 January and Christmas Day are Saturdays, and the total is 255.

Vaud has no Catholic feast days on its list. Corpus Christi, the Assumption, All Saints' Day, the Immaculate Conception, Epiphany and St Joseph are absent. Next door, Valais keeps all of those except Epiphany, and Fribourg keeps four of them only in its predominantly Catholic communes. The second day of January is a holiday in Vaud, as it is in Thurgau and Bern, but not in St Gallen.

Vaud has no rule for moving a holiday that lands on a weekend. In 2026 the federal holiday is a Saturday, and so is the day after Christmas; in 2027 Christmas Day and 2 January are both Saturdays. None of these days is replaced by a weekday in the working-day count.

Source and last check

Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: .

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How the counts are made