Slovakia public holidays 2026
Slovakia has 15 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 250 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic
Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany
Zjavenie Pána |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Veľkonočný piatok |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Veľkonočný pondelok |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day
Sviatok práce |
Nationwide |
| 8 May | Friday | Day of victory over fascism
Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom |
Nationwide |
| 5 Jul | Sunday rest day | St. Cyril and Methodius Day
Sviatok svätého Cyrila a svätého Metoda |
Nationwide |
| 29 Aug | Saturday rest day | Slovak National Uprising anniversary
Výročie Slovenského národného povstania |
Nationwide |
| 1 Sep | Tuesday | Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic
Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| 15 Sep | Tuesday | Day of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Sedembolestná Panna Mária |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints’ Day
Sviatok Všetkých svätých |
Nationwide |
| 17 Nov | Tuesday | Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Štedrý deň |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Prvý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Druhý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March
April 2 holidays
May 2 holidays
June
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September 2 holidays
October
November 2 holidays
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Slovakia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Slovakia. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: St. Cyril and Methodius Day (5 Jul), Slovak National Uprising anniversary (29 Aug), All Saints’ Day (1 Nov), St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and May the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 61 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 15, Slovakia sits above the middle of the range, around the 82nd percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 4 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 3 April to 6 April (Good Friday, Easter Monday). There are also 5 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.