Czechia public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• Saints Cyril and Methodius Day falls on Sunday 5 July and is not moved; Second Day of Christmas falls on Saturday 26 December and is not moved, because Czechia has no statutory substitute days.
• In 2026, public holidays fall on 11 weekdays in Czechia, one more than in 2025.

Czechia has no statutory substitute days: a public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a weekday, so the following Monday stays a working day in these counts.

Public holidays in 2026

13 dates are counted as non-working in Czechia in 2026 (14 holidays, because 1 falls on the same day as another); 11 of them fall on a weekday.

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 20 working days in April, 2 holidays
• May 19 working days in May, 2 holidays
• Jun 22 working days in June
• Jul 22 working days in July, 2 holidays
• Aug 21 working days in August
• Sep 21 working days in September, 1 holiday
• Oct 21 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 20 working days in November, 1 holiday
• Dec 21 working days in December, 3 holidays

Long weekends in 2026

Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.

• 4 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Monday 6 April 2026
• 3 days Friday 1 May 2026 to Sunday 3 May 2026
• 3 days Friday 8 May 2026 to Sunday 10 May 2026
• 3 days Saturday 4 July 2026 to Monday 6 July 2026
• 3 days Saturday 26 September 2026 to Monday 28 September 2026
• 4 days Thursday 24 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 plans for the whole year

Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.

Try any budget from 1 to 30 days in the leave planner

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.

Count working days between two dates

Calendar and data downloads

The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.

About public holidays in Czechia

Czechia, also known in English as the Czech Republic, observes thirteen public holidays. They are set out in Act No. 245/2000 Coll. on public holidays, other holidays, important days and days of rest, which sorts them into two groups with the same practical effect: both are days of rest on which employees are normally not required to work.

The first group, called state holidays, has seven dates. They are 1 January (the Restoration Day of the independent Czech State), 8 May (Victory Day), 5 July (the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius), 6 July (the Day of Jan Hus), 28 September (Czech Statehood Day), 28 October (the Day of the Independent Czechoslovak State) and 17 November (the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy). The second group, called other holidays, repeats 1 January as New Year's Day and adds six dates of its own: Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Christmas Eve and the two Christmas days of 25 and 26 December. Since the two 1 January entries are the same calendar day, the total of thirteen is a count of dates, not of titles. Good Friday is a late arrival, having become a day of rest in 2016.

Only Good Friday and Easter Monday move, following Easter. In 2026 they fall on 3 and 6 April.

The act contains no rule that transfers a holiday falling on a weekend, and Czech practice does not invent one. In 2026 two of the thirteen days land on a weekend, 5 July on a Sunday and 26 December on a Saturday, and they are lost as days off. No Monday is added in lieu. The other eleven, including 24 December on a Thursday, reduce the working days of the year.

Easter Sunday is not on the list, since it is always a Sunday, and neither is Whit Sunday. Memorial days that the act does not designate as days of rest are not counted. Shop closing days are set by a different law and do not alter these totals.

Source and last check

Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: 15 November 2026.

Sources

• https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2000-245

How the counts are made