Public holidays 2026 in Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt has 9 public holidays in 2026; 7 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | Neujahrstag | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | Karfreitag | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | ||
| Friday | Labor Day | Tag der Arbeit | ||
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Auffahrt | ||
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | Pfingstmontag | ||
| Saturday | National Day | Nationalfeiertag | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | Weihnachten | ||
| Saturday | Saint Stephen's Day | Stephanstag |
Falling on a weekend in 2026: National Day (Saturday, 1 Aug) and Saint Stephen's Day (Saturday, 26 Dec).
Not a public holiday in every canton, but in Basel-Stadt: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day, Pentecost Monday and Saint Stephen's Day.
For comparison: in 2026 the number of public holidays ranges from 5 (Freiburg and Solothurn) to 15 (Ticino). Basel-Stadt lies in between with 9.
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Long weekends 2026
9 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 6 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 7 Apr, Wed 8 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, Fri 10 Apr | 3 Apr – 12 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 11 May, Tue 12 May, Wed 13 May | 9 May – 14 May 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Ascension Day |
| Fri 15 May | 14 May – 17 May 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ascension Day |
| Tue 26 May, Wed 27 May, Thu 28 May, Fri 29 May | 23 May – 31 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Pentecost Monday |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Saint Stephen's Day |
| Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Christmas Day, Saint Stephen's Day, New Year's Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code CH (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ch) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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