Slovenia public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• Prešeren's Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday falls on Sunday 8 February and is not moved; Labour Day (second day) falls on Saturday 2 May and is not moved; Assumption Day falls on Saturday 15 August and is not moved; Reformation Day falls on Saturday 31 October and is not moved; Day of Remembrance for the Dead falls on Sunday 1 November and is not moved; Independence and Unity Day falls on Saturday 26 December and is not moved, because Slovenia has no statutory substitute days.
• In 2026, public holidays fall on 7 weekdays in Slovenia, three fewer than in 2025.

Slovenia 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

15 dates are counted as non-working in Slovenia in 2026; 7 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 20 working days in January, 2 holidays
• Feb 20 working days in February, 1 holiday
• Mar 22 working days in March
• Apr 20 working days in April, 3 holidays
• May 20 working days in May, 3 holidays
• Jun 21 working days in June, 1 holiday
• 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, 1 holiday
• Nov 21 working days in November, 1 holiday
• Dec 22 working days in December, 2 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
• 3 days Saturday 4 April 2026 to Monday 6 April 2026
• 3 days Saturday 25 April 2026 to Monday 27 April 2026
• 3 days Friday 1 May 2026 to Sunday 3 May 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 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 Slovenia

Slovenia has fifteen days off, set by the Holidays and Work-Free Days Act (ZPDPD). The act uses two overlapping ideas, so the length of the list depends on which one you follow. A "state holiday" is a commemorated day, while a "work-free day" is what actually lets employees stay home. This site counts only the work-free days.

Seven entries are both a national holiday and work-free: New Year, which covers both 1 and 2 January, Prešeren Day on 8 February, the Day of Uprising Against the Occupation on 27 April, Labour Day on 1 and 2 May, Statehood Day on 25 June, the Day of Remembrance for the Dead on 1 November and Independence and Unity Day on 26 December. Because New Year and Labour Day each cover two days, those seven entries make nine dates. Six further work-free days are not national holidays at all: Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Whit Sunday, the Assumption on 15 August, Reformation Day on 31 October and Christmas Day on 25 December. Together they bring the total to fifteen.

Eight state holidays are not work-free and are left out: Primož Trubar Day (8 June), Mount Triglav Day (7 August), the unification of the Prekmurje Slovenes (17 August), the return of Primorska (15 September), Slovenian Sport Day (23 September), Sovereignty Day (25 October), Science Day (10 November) and Rudolf Maister Day (23 November). Anyone who sees 25 October marked on a Slovenian calendar should know it is a day of recognition, not a day off.

In 2026 eight of the fifteen fall on a weekend: 8 February, Easter Sunday, 2 May, Whit Sunday, 15 August, 31 October, 1 November and 26 December. That leaves seven weekday holidays: 1 and 2 January, Easter Monday on 6 April, 27 April, 1 May, 25 June and 25 December.

The official pages read for this text give no rule moving a day off to a weekday, and Slovenian calendars do not move them, so a weekend holiday here is lost as a day off. Easter and Whit Sunday are always on Sundays, which is why they never reduce the working days.

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.gov.si/en/topics/national-holidays/

How the counts are made