Slovakia public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• Saints Cyril and Methodius Day falls on Sunday 5 July and is not moved; Slovak National Uprising Anniversary falls on Saturday 29 August 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 Slovakia has no statutory substitute days.
• In 2026, public holidays fall on 7 weekdays in Slovakia, four fewer than in 2025.

Slovakia 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

11 dates are counted as non-working in Slovakia 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
• Mar 22 working days in March
• Apr 20 working days in April, 2 holidays
• May 20 working days in May, 1 holiday
• Jun 22 working days in June
• Jul 23 working days in July, 1 holiday
• 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, 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
• 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 Slovakia

Slovakia keeps its holiday rules in Act No. 241/1993 Coll. on state holidays, days of rest and commemorative days, and the details matter, because several well-known dates are not days off. The act separates three things: state holidays, further days of rest, and commemorative days. Only days of rest reduce the working days counted on this site.

Two main lists make up the days of rest. The state holidays that are also days of rest are 1 January (the Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic), 5 July (Saints Cyril and Methodius) and 29 August (the anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising). The other days of rest are Epiphany on 6 January, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, All Saints' Day on 1 November, and 24, 25 and 26 December. 8 May and 15 September are also on the second list.

For 2026 the picture is shorter than the statute would suggest. A transitional provision, section 4b, says that in 2026 the holidays of 8 May (Victory over Fascism Day) and 15 September (Our Lady of Sorrows) are not days of rest. HolidayTally therefore counts eleven days in 2026. Four of them fall on a weekend: 5 July on a Sunday, 29 August and 26 December on Saturdays, and 1 November on a Sunday. Seven take away a working weekday: 1 January, 6 January, Good Friday on 3 April, Easter Monday on 6 April, 1 May, 24 December and 25 December.

17 November, the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy, is a state holiday in the act, but the text says it is not a day of rest, and the same applies to 1 September and 28 October. They are named in the act and left out of the count for that reason. The long schedule of commemorative days in the act, from the Day of Heroes of the Carpathian-Dukla Operation to Reformation Day on 31 October, carries no day off either.

Slovakia has no substitute-day rule. A day of rest on a Saturday or Sunday is simply lost and the following Monday stays a working day. The act is amended often, so a later year is only as firm as the wording in force.

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://static.slov-lex.sk/static/SK/ZZ/1993/241/20261029.html

How the counts are made