Slovakia public holidays 2027
Slovakia has 15 national public holidays in 2027. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 251 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2027
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Friday | Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic
Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Wednesday | Epiphany
Zjavenie Pána |
Nationwide |
| 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday
Veľkonočný piatok |
Nationwide |
| 29 Mar | Monday | Easter Monday
Veľkonočný pondelok |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Saturday rest day | International Workers' Day
Sviatok práce |
Nationwide |
| 8 May | Saturday rest day | Day of victory over fascism
Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom |
Nationwide |
| 5 Jul | Monday | St. Cyril and Methodius Day
Sviatok svätého Cyrila a svätého Metoda |
Nationwide |
| 29 Aug | Sunday rest day | Slovak National Uprising anniversary
Výročie Slovenského národného povstania |
Nationwide |
| 1 Sep | Wednesday | Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic
Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky |
Nationwide |
| 15 Sep | Wednesday | Day of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Sedembolestná Panna Mária |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Monday | All Saints’ Day
Sviatok Všetkých svätých |
Nationwide |
| 17 Nov | Wednesday | Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Friday | Christmas Eve
Štedrý deň |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Saturday rest day | Christmas Day
Prvý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Sunday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Druhý sviatok vianočný |
Nationwide |
2027 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April
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 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
What the numbers say about Slovakia in 2027
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.
5 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Workers' Day (1 May), Day of victory over fascism (8 May), Slovak National Uprising anniversary (29 Aug), Christmas Day (25 Dec), 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.
April is the longest working month with 22 days, and January the shortest with 19. A gap of 3 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 60 working days (January, February, March).
2026 had 250working days, so 2027gives you 1 more working day.Plans copied over from last year without adjusting for that difference will be slightly off from January onwards.
Among the 204 countries we track for 2027, 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 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 26 March to 29 March (Good Friday, Easter Monday). See every long weekend in 2027.
2 holidays change date compared with 2026: Good Friday, Easter Monday. Movable dates are the ones most often missed when last year's schedule is reused.