Public holidays 2027 in Genève
Genève has 9 public holidays in 2027; 7 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Neujahrstag | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | Karfreitag | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | ||
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Auffahrt | ||
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | Pfingstmontag | ||
| Sunday | National Day | Nationalfeiertag | ||
| Thursday | Genevan Fast | Genfer Bettag | ||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | Weihnachten | ||
| Friday | Restoration Day | Wiederherstellung der Republik |
Falling on a weekend in 2027: National Day (Sunday, 1 Aug) and Christmas Day (Saturday, 25 Dec).
Not a public holiday in every canton, but in Genève: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Pentecost Monday, Genevan Fast and Restoration Day.
For comparison: in 2027 the number of public holidays ranges from 5 (Freiburg and Solothurn) to 15 (Ticino). Genève 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 2027
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 3 May, Tue 4 May, Wed 5 May | 1 May – 6 May 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Ascension Day |
| Fri 7 May | 6 May – 9 May 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ascension Day |
| Tue 18 May, Wed 19 May, Thu 20 May, Fri 21 May | 15 May – 23 May 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Pentecost Monday |
| Mon 6 Sep, Tue 7 Sep, Wed 8 Sep | 4 Sep – 9 Sep 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Genevan Fast |
| Fri 10 Sep | 9 Sep – 12 Sep 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Genevan Fast |
| Mon 27 Dec, Tue 28 Dec, Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec | 25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Restoration 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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