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Switzerland Holidays 2022

Complete list of holidays and observances in Switzerland for the year 2022.

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January

Sat 1

New Year's Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Jura

Sun 2

Berchtold Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Aargau, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, Vaud, Zug, Zurich, Nidwalden

Thu 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Graubünden, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri

February

Mon 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

Thu 24

Carnival Thursday (Schwyz)

Public holiday in Schwyz

March

Tue 1

Neuchâtel Republic Day (Neuchâtel)

Public holiday in Neuchâtel

Sat 19

Saint Joseph's Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Lucerne, Nidwalden, Solothurn, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri, Valais

Sun 27

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

April

Thu 7

Näfels Procession (Glarus)

Public holiday in Glarus

Fri 15

Good Friday (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Jura

Sun 17

Easter Sunday

Observance

Mon 18

Easter Monday (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Geneva, Jura

Mon 25

Sechseläuten (Zurich)

Observance

May

Sun 1

May Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Jura, Schaffhausen, Zurich

Sun 1

May Day (Half-Day) (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino

Sun 8

Mothers' Day

Observance

Thu 26

Ascension Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Jura

June

Sun 5

Pentecost (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 5

Fathers' Day

Observance

Mon 6

Pentecost Monday (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Geneva, Jura

Thu 16

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Fribourg, Jura, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Solothurn, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Zug

Thu 23

Jura Independence Day (Jura)

Public holiday in Jura

Wed 29

St. Peter and St. Paul (Ticino)

Observance

August

Mon 1

Swiss National Day

Public holiday

Mon 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Fribourg, Jura, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Zug

September

Thu 8

Genevese Fast (Geneva)

Public holiday in Geneva

Sat 10

Knabenschiessen (Zurich)

Observance

Sun 11

Knabenschiessen (Zurich)

Observance

Mon 12

Knabenschiessen (Zurich)

Observance

Sun 18

Swiss Federal Fast (regional holiday)

Observance

Mon 19

Federal Fast Monday (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Vaud, Neuchâtel

Thu 22

Mauritius Day (Appenzell Innerrhoden)

Public holiday in Appenzell Innerrhoden

Sun 25

St. Nicholas of Flüe (Obwalden)

Public holiday in Obwalden

October

Sun 30

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

November

Tue 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Fribourg, Glarus, Jura, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Zug

December

Thu 8

Immaculate Conception (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Aargau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Fribourg, Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Zug

Sat 24

Christmas Eve (Schwyz)

Public holiday in Schwyz

Sun 25

Christmas Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Jura

Mon 26

St. Stephen's Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Aargau, Graubünden, Thurgau, Ticino, Valais, Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel

Sat 31

New Year's Eve (Schwyz)

Public holiday in Schwyz

Sat 31

Restoration of the Republic (Geneva)

Public holiday in Geneva