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Switzerland Public Holidays 2023

See also: 2023 public holidays in Austria, EFTA, EMEA, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, OECD and worldwide.

Switzerland public holidays by region: Aargau (AG), Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR), Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), Basel-Landschaft (BL), Basel-Stadt (BS), Bern (BE), Fribourg (FR), Geneva (GE), Glarus (GL), Graubünden (GR), Jura (JU), Lucerne (LU), Neuchâtel (NE), Nidwalden (NW), Obwalden (OW), Schaffhausen (SH), Schwyz (SZ), Solothurn (SO), St. Gallen (SG), Thurgau (TG), Ticino (TI), Uri (UR), Valais (VS), Vaud (VD), Zug (ZG), Zürich (ZH).

This page contains the list of Switzerland 2023 official public holidays (gesetzliche Feiertage), bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Switzerland public holidays in 2023 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Sunday New Year's Day
Monday Saint Berchtold's Day (AG BE FR* GL* LU NE NW* OW* SG* SH* SO* TG VD VS* ZG* ZH) regional
Friday Epiphany (SZ TI UR) regional
Wednesday Republic Day (NE) regional
Sunday Saint Joseph's Day (NW SO SZ TI UR VS) regional
Thursday Näfelser Fahrtfest (GL) regional
Friday Good Friday (AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG UR VD ZG ZH) regional
Monday Easter Monday (AG AI AR BE BL BS FR* GE GL GR JU LU NW* OW* SG SH SO* SZ TG TI UR VD VS* ZG* ZH) regional
Monday Labour Day (AG BL BS JU NE SH SO* TG TI ZH) regional
Thursday Ascension Day (Auffahrt)
Monday Whit Monday (AG AI AR BE BL BS FR* GE GL GR JU LU NW* OW* SG SH SO* SZ TG TI UR VD VS* ZG* ZH) regional
Thursday Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) (AG AI FR* JU LU NW OW SO SZ TI UR VS ZG) regional
Friday Jurassic Plebiscite Commemoration (JU) regional
Thursday St. Peter and St. Paul (TI) regional
Tuesday National Day
Tuesday Assumption (AG AI FR* JU LU NW OW SO SZ TI UR VS ZG) regional
Thursday Jeûne Genevois (GE) regional
Monday Day after the Federal Fast (VD) regional
Monday Bruderklausenfest (OW) regional
Wednesday All Saints' Day (AG AI FR* GL JU LU NW OW SG SO SZ TI VS ZG) regional
Friday Immaculate Conception (AG AI FR* LU NW OW SZ TI UR VS ZG) regional
Monday Christmas Day
Tuesday Saint Stephen's Day (AG AI BE BL BS FR* GL GR LU NW* OW* SG SH SO* SZ TG TI UR VS* ZG* ZH) regional
Sunday Restoration Day (GE) regional

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Global Holidays Observed in Switzerland


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Switzerland, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2023-2033).

Switzerland Background Information and Links


Switzerland Regional Abbreviations


Below is a list of the Switzerland regional abbreviations, used for regional public holidays, in the table above.