Public holidays and business days in Germany, 2026
Germany has 254 business days in 2026 out of 365 calendar days, with 104 weekend days. The holiday list has 19 rows. Both figures come from the Business Days tools, read 2026-10-04.
The count used count_business_days for DE from 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31. Both ends are included. Weekend days are Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fell on a working day: 2026-01-01 New Year's Day; 2026-04-03 Good Friday; 2026-04-06 Easter Monday; 2026-05-01 Labour Day; 2026-05-14 Ascension Day; 2026-05-25 Whit Monday; 2026-12-25 Christmas Day.
A 10 business-day turnaround that starts on 2026-03-02 lands on 2026-03-16 (monday). That call was add_business_days with days 10. Holidays skipped on that span: none. The start date is day 0 and is not counted.
The nationwide count leaves out 3 holidays that only some regions keep: 2026-01-06 Epiphany; 2026-06-04 Corpus Christi; 2026-11-18 Repentance and Prayer Day. These holidays apply only in the regions listed and are counted as working days here. Pass region to count them.
Public holidays
Source: Public holidays: Nager.Date (date.nager.at). School holidays: OpenHolidays (openholidaysapi.org). The call was list_holidays on https://businessdays.openkrill.app/mcp. A day off is a holiday the calendar marks as Public. Bank, optional and observance days stay working days in the count. This is not a legal deadline, a company closure list, or a stock-exchange trading calendar.
| Date | Weekday | Name | Local name | Where it applies | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | thursday | New Year's Day | Neujahr | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-01-06 | tuesday | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-ST | yes |
| 2026-03-08 | sunday | International Women's Day | Internationaler Frauentag | DE-BE, DE-MV | yes |
| 2026-04-03 | friday | Good Friday | Karfreitag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-04-05 | sunday | Easter Sunday | Ostersonntag | DE-BB | yes |
| 2026-04-06 | monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-01 | friday | Labour Day | Tag der Arbeit | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-14 | thursday | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-24 | sunday | Pentecost | Pfingstsonntag | DE-BB | yes |
| 2026-05-25 | monday | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-06-04 | thursday | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-HE, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL | yes |
| 2026-08-15 | saturday | Assumption Day | Mariä Himmelfahrt | DE-SL | yes |
| 2026-09-20 | sunday | World Children's Day | Weltkindertag | DE-TH | yes |
| 2026-10-03 | saturday | German Unity Day | Tag der Deutschen Einheit | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-10-31 | saturday | Reformation Day | Reformationstag | DE-BB, DE-MV, DE-SN, DE-ST, DE-TH, DE-HB, DE-HH, DE-NI, DE-SH | yes |
| 2026-11-01 | sunday | All Saints' Day | Allerheiligen | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL | yes |
| 2026-11-18 | wednesday | Repentance and Prayer Day | Buß- und Bettag | DE-SN | yes |
| 2026-12-25 | friday | Christmas Day | Erster Weihnachtstag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-12-26 | saturday | St. Stephen's Day | Zweiter Weihnachtstag | nationwide | yes |
Bavaria in the same year
Bavaria has 12 listed public holidays in 2026, including days the nationwide count does not treat as days off. The table is the tool result for that region, not a copy of the nationwide table.
| Date | Weekday | Name | Local name | Where it applies | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | thursday | New Year's Day | Neujahr | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-01-06 | tuesday | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-ST | yes |
| 2026-04-03 | friday | Good Friday | Karfreitag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-04-06 | monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-01 | friday | Labour Day | Tag der Arbeit | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-14 | thursday | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-05-25 | monday | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-06-04 | thursday | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-HE, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL | yes |
| 2026-10-03 | saturday | German Unity Day | Tag der Deutschen Einheit | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-11-01 | sunday | All Saints' Day | Allerheiligen | DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL | yes |
| 2026-12-25 | friday | Christmas Day | Erster Weihnachtstag | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-12-26 | saturday | St. Stephen's Day | Zweiter Weihnachtstag | nationwide | yes |
How the count was made
- Both startDate and endDate are counted when they are working days.
- Working days are every day except Saturday and Sunday and public holidays.
- Only holidays Nager.Date marks as Public are days off. Bank, optional and observance days, and half days such as Christmas Eve, count as working days.
- Without a region, only nationwide holidays are applied; holidays only some regions keep are not counted.
Other 2026 calendars from the same tool: England 2026, United States 2026, France 2026, Vietnam 2026, Ontario, Canada 2026. The app page, with the other names people use for this server, is Business Days and Workday Calculator. Install steps: ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Pi.