Slovenia public holidays 2026
Slovenia has 21 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 | New Year's Day
novo leto |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
novo leto |
Nationwide |
| 8 Feb | Sunday rest day | Prešeren Day
Prešernov dan |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek |
Nationwide |
| 27 Apr | Monday | Day of Uprising Against Occupation
dan upora proti okupatorju |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| 2 May | Saturday rest day | Labour Day
praznik dela |
Nationwide |
| 2 May | Saturday rest day | Primož Trubar Day
dan Primoža Trubarja |
Nationwide |
| 24 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
binkoštna nedelja |
Nationwide |
| 25 Jun | Thursday | Statehood Day
dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| 14 Aug | Friday | Sovereignty Day
dan suverenosti |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption Day
Marijino vnebovzetje |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Unification of Prekmurje Slovenes with the Mother Nation
združitev prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom |
Nationwide |
| 15 Sep | Tuesday | Integration of Primorska into the Homeland
priključitev Primorske k matični domovini |
Nationwide |
| 23 Sep | Wednesday | Slovenian Sports Day
dan slovenskega športa |
Nationwide |
| 31 Oct | Saturday rest day | Reformation Day
dan reformacije |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | Day of the Dead
dan spomina na mrtve |
Nationwide |
| 23 Nov | Monday | Rudolf Maister Day
dan Rudolfa Maistra |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
božič |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | Independence and Unity Day
dan samostojnosti in enotnosti |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 1 holiday
March
April 3 holidays
May 3 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August 2 holidays
September 2 holidays
October 1 holiday
November 2 holidays
December 2 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 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Slovenia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Slovenia. 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.
10 holidays land on a rest day this year: Prešeren Day (8 Feb), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Labour Day (2 May), Primož Trubar Day (2 May), Pentecost (24 May), Assumption Day (15 Aug), Unification of Prekmurje Slovenes with the Mother Nation (15 Aug), Reformation Day (31 Oct), Day of the Dead (1 Nov), Independence and Unity 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 November the shortest with 20. A gap of 3 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 21, Slovenia sits above the middle of the range, around the 98th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 7 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 1 January to 4 January (New Year's Day). There are also 2 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.