Hungary public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• National Day falls on Sunday 15 March and is not moved; All Saints' Day falls on Sunday 1 November and is not moved; Second Day of Christmas falls on Saturday 26 December and is not moved, because Hungary has no statutory substitute days.
• In 2026, Saturday 10 January, Saturday 8 August and Saturday 12 December are working days in exchange for the bridge days on Friday 2 January, Friday 21 August and Thursday 24 December.
• In 2026, public holidays and bridge days fall on 11 weekdays in Hungary, one fewer than in 2025.

Hungary 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. Each year a ministerial decree turns some bridge days into days off and makes a Saturday a working day in exchange; these counts follow the decree, which applies to employers with the general Monday-to-Friday schedule.

Public holidays in 2026

16 dates are counted as non-working in Hungary in 2026; 11 of them fall on a weekday.

Working Saturdays

In 2026, 3 weekend days are working days by decree, in exchange for bridge days off. The working days on this page count them.

• Saturday 10 January 2026: worked in exchange for Friday 2 January 2026
• Saturday 8 August 2026: worked in exchange for Friday 21 August 2026
• Saturday 12 December 2026: worked in exchange for Thursday 24 December 2026

Working days and hours by month

Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays, plus the Saturdays worked by decree. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.

• Jan 21 working days in January, 2 holidays
• Feb 20 working days in February
• Mar 22 working days in March, 1 holiday
• Apr 20 working days in April, 3 holidays
• May 19 working days in May, 3 holidays
• Jun 22 working days in June
• Jul 23 working days in July
• Aug 20 working days in August, 2 holidays
• Sep 22 working days in September
• Oct 21 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 21 working days in November, 1 holiday
• Dec 22 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 Thursday 1 January 2026 to Sunday 4 January 2026
• 4 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Monday 6 April 2026
• 3 days Friday 1 May 2026 to Sunday 3 May 2026
• 3 days Saturday 23 May 2026 to Monday 25 May 2026
• 4 days Thursday 20 August 2026 to Sunday 23 August 2026
• 3 days Friday 23 October 2026 to Sunday 25 October 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. The calendar and the CSV list the bridge days off; the Saturdays worked are in the Working Saturdays list on this page.

About public holidays in Hungary

Hungary is the one country in this group where the calendar of days off differs from the statute every year. The basic list sits in section 102 of the Labour Code, Act I of 2012, and has eleven public holidays: New Year's Day, 15 March, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Whit Monday, 20 August (State Foundation Day), 23 October, All Saints' Day on 1 November, and 25 and 26 December. Easter Sunday and Whit Sunday are always Sundays and appear in the list on this site too. They are counted as non-working days, and the ones that move with Easter follow the church calendar: in 2026, Good Friday is 3 April and Whit Monday 25 May.

The twist is the bridge-day system. Each year the minister responsible for the economy issues a decree that turns some weekdays next to a holiday into days of rest and, in exchange, makes a Saturday an ordinary working day. For 2026 the decree is 10/2025 (IV. 30.) NGM, and it provides three swaps. Friday 2 January is a day of rest, worked off on Saturday 10 January. Friday 21 August is a day of rest, worked off on Saturday 8 August. Thursday 24 December is a day of rest, worked off on Saturday 12 December.

The decree reaches every employer and every employee on the general work schedule, not only the public sector, so HolidayTally counts all three bridge days as non-working and counts the three Saturdays as working days. Anyone on a different schedule, such as shift workers, may follow other rules. A month that holds one of these Saturdays therefore has one more working day than its weekday count suggests, and a month with a bridge day has one fewer.

Hungary does not move a holiday that lands on a weekend. In 2026 15 March, Easter Sunday, Whit Sunday and 1 November fall on Sundays and 26 December falls on a Saturday, so those five give no weekday off. The remaining eight statutory days and the three bridge days reduce the working days.

The decree for 2026 takes effect on 1 January 2026 and expires on 1 January 2027. Swaps for later years depend on a new decree, so no later Saturday is shown as a working day until one is issued. Parliament can also amend the Labour Code list during the year; these counts follow the texts in force when the page was built.

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://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2012-1-00-00
• https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2025-10-20-2X

How the counts are made