Holiday guide
Global holiday guide rooted in Switzerland's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
August 1, 2026
Saturday · Europe/Zurich
Next occurrence
August 1, 2026
Saturday
Observed in
1 country
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Switzerland
Public
Planning timezone
Europe/Zurich
UTC+02:00
Next: August 1, 2026 (Saturday)
National Day holidays usually distill state identity into one public date, whether the underlying story is revolution, modern state formation, or constitutional continuity. In the current dataset this holiday is only listed for Switzerland.
These observances tend to be formalized by the state as the clearest annual marker of nationhood, public ceremony, and shared symbolic history.
That makes them useful as practical planning dates as well as civic rituals, because closures, speeches, and public events often arrive at national scale.
Swiss National Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Switzerland holiday data.
Swiss National Day is scheduled on August 1 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on August 1 and only the weekday changes.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 1, 2025 | Friday |
| 2026 | August 1, 2026 | Saturday |
| 2027 | August 1, 2027 | Sunday |
In Switzerland, Swiss National Day appears in the calendar as a public holiday. People usually search this page to confirm whether the day changes working hours, whether it creates a long weekend, and how it fits with the broader holiday season in the country.
Country-specific view
Switzerland treats this as a nationwide observance.
Operational note
If you are planning travel, payroll, or customer support around Swiss National Day, use the next-occurrence date and the local timezone block together.
Swiss National Day works as more than a date check in Switzerland; it is a public marker that affects staffing, support coverage, school calendars, and travel timing. The next tracked occurrence is August 1, 2026, so this page acts as a quick planning note as well as a historical explainer.
Swiss National Day also appears in other country calendars such as Switzerland. The next recorded dates across that wider footprint include Switzerland on August 1, 2026, which helps explain why airline schedules, payroll calendars, and global customer-support shifts often treat the holiday as a regional wave rather than a single-country event.
Switzerland plans this holiday primarily around Europe/Zurich. Swiss National Day also tends to be planned alongside Republic Day, New Year's Day, and St. Berchtold's Day, because people rarely make calendar decisions about one public holiday in isolation.
Swiss National Day is only listed for Switzerland in the current dataset.
Europe
1 country
These country rows help explain why the same holiday can matter differently across regions even when the holiday name looks familiar. The next-date column is especially useful for travel, payroll, and support teams that plan across multiple jurisdictions.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | August 1, 2026 | Public |
Swiss National Day falls on August 1, 2026 (Saturday) in 2026.
Swiss National Day is scheduled on August 1 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on August 1 and only the weekday changes.
Swiss National Day is listed as a public holiday in Switzerland and is marked as nationwide.
Swiss National Day is only listed for Switzerland in the current dataset.
Switzerland uses Europe/Zurich (UTC+02:00) for local planning.
Swiss National Day is often compared with Republic Day, New Year's Day, St. Berchtold's Day on the Switzerland calendar.
