Vatican City public holidays 2026
Vatican City has 15 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 249 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Maria Santissima Madre di Dio |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany
Epifania del Signore |
Nationwide |
| 11 Feb | Wednesday | Anniversary of the foundation of Vatican City
Anniversario della istituzione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano |
Nationwide |
| 13 Mar | Friday | Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis
Anniversario dell'Elezione del Santo Padre |
Nationwide |
| 19 Mar | Thursday | Saint Joseph's Day
San Giuseppe |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Lunedì dell'Angelo |
Nationwide |
| 23 Apr | Thursday | Saint George
Onomastico del Santo Padre |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Saint Joseph the Worker
San Giuseppe lavoratore |
Nationwide |
| 29 Jun | Monday | Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Santi Pietro e Paolo |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption Day
Assunzione di Maria in Cielo |
Nationwide |
| 8 Sep | Tuesday | Nativity of Mary
Festa della natività della madonna |
Nationwide |
| 1 Nov | Sunday rest day | All Saints Day
Tutti i Santi, Ognissanti |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Immaculate Conception
Immacolata Concezione |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Natale |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Santo Stefano |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 2 holidays
April 2 holidays
May 1 holiday
June 1 holiday
July
August 1 holiday
September 1 holiday
October
November 1 holiday
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 | 1,992 |
What the numbers say about Vatican City in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Vatican City. 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.
3 holidays land on a rest day this year: Assumption Day (15 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 February 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, Q1 is the leanest at 59 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 15, Vatican City 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 3 days, from 13 March to 15 March (Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis). There are also 6 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.