Switzerland has a total of 42 holidays in 2017. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.

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Holiday Date
New Year's Day
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Berchtold Day
Monday, January 2, 2017
Epiphany
Friday, January 6, 2017
Valentine's Day
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Carnival Thursday
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Neuchâtel Republic Day
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Saint Joseph's Day
Sunday, March 19, 2017
March Equinox
Monday, March 20, 2017
Daylight Saving Time starts
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Näfels Procession
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Good Friday
Friday, April 14, 2017
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Easter Monday
Monday, April 17, 2017
Sechseläuten
Monday, April 24, 2017
May Day (Half-Day)
Monday, May 1, 2017
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Ascension Day
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Pentecost
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Father's Day
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Pentecost Monday
Monday, June 5, 2017
Corpus Christi
Thursday, June 15, 2017
June Solstice
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Jura Independence Day
Friday, June 23, 2017
St. Peter and St. Paul
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Swiss National Day
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Assumption of Mary
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Genevese Fast
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Knabenschiessen
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Swiss Federal Fast
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Federal Fast Monday
Monday, September 18, 2017
Mauritius Day
Friday, September 22, 2017
September Equinox
Friday, September 22, 2017
St. Nicholas of Flüe
Monday, September 25, 2017
Daylight Saving Time ends
Sunday, October 29, 2017
All Saints' Day
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Immaculate Conception
Friday, December 8, 2017
December Solstice
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Christmas Eve
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Christmas Day
Monday, December 25, 2017
St. Stephen's Day
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
New Year's Eve
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Restoration of the Republic
Sunday, December 31, 2017