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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Czechia, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
The next public holiday in Czechia is
St Wenceslas
In 36 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Europe/Prague
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Czechia public holidays in 2026
13 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Verified |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day expected | Verified |
| 8 May 2026 | Victory Day expected | Verified |
| 5 July 2026 | Slavic Apostles Cyril and Methodius expected | Verified |
| 6 July 2026 | Jan Hus Day expected | Verified |
| 28 September 2026 | St Wenceslas expected | Verified |
| 28 October 2026 | Independent Czechoslovak State Day expected | Verified |
| 17 November 2026 | Struggle expected | Verified |
| 24 December 2026 | Christmas Eve expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 26 December 2026 | St Stephen's Day expected | Verified |
The shape of Czechia’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
13 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Czechia, 2026
8 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 6 Apr | 4 days | Good Friday, Easter Monday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 8 May – 10 May | 3 days | Victory Day | no leave needed |
| 4 Jul – 6 Jul | 3 days | Slavic Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Jan Hus Day | no leave needed |
| 26 Sep – 28 Sep | 3 days | St Wenceslas | no leave needed |
| 14 Nov – 17 Nov | 4 days | Struggle | take Mon 16 Nov |
| 24 Dec – 27 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day | no leave needed |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Czechia, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 13 | 13 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 7 | 7 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 13 | 13 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| School terms and breaks | 28 | — | — | 4 calendars |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XPRA (41) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 5 | — | — | |
| Elections | 43 | — | — |
Not held for Czechia: Statutory weekly rest, Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Subdivision calendars. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
e-Sbírka — Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky (official electronic collection of laws)
How Czechia keeps time
| Observances | 13 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 13 verified · 0 corroborated · 0 compiled, from 1 named source |
| Languages | Czech, English |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XPRA |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
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All 13 dated closures here were read from the instrument itself — the gazette, statute or order — across 1 named source.
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