Public holidays in Hungary 2026
Hungary has 16 public holidays in 2026. 11 fall on a weekday and 5 on the weekend, which leaves 253 working days out of 365. 3 weekend days are official working days and counted as such. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
16public holidays
11weekday days off
253working days in 2026
101weekend days
Hungary occasionally declares a Saturday a working day to create a four day weekend around a holiday. Those Saturdays are listed on the page and counted as working days.
Holiday dates 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Friday | Day off (substituted from 01/10/2026) | |
| Sunday weekend | National Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Sunday weekend | Easter | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| Sunday weekend | Pentecost | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| Thursday | State Foundation Day | |
| Friday | Day off (substituted from 08/08/2026) | |
| Friday | National Day | |
| Sunday weekend | All Saints' Day | |
| Thursday | Day off (substituted from 12/12/2026) | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Second Day of Christmas |
Weekend days that are official working days in 2026: Sat 10 January 2026, Sat 8 August 2026, Sat 12 December 2026. They are counted as working days in the table below and in the calculator.
Working days per month in 2026
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Saturday and Sunday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| February 2026 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| May 2026 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| September 2026 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| October 2026 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| November 2026 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2026 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| Total 2026 | 365 | 101 | 11 | 253 |
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Mar22 wd
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Jun22 wd
Jul23 wd
Aug20 wd
Sep22 wd
Oct21 wd
Nov21 wd
Dec22 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2026
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 4 daysThu 1 to Sun 4 January 2026New Year's Day, Day off (substituted from 01/10/2026)
- 4 daysFri 3 to Mon 6 April 2026Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday
- 3 daysFri 1 to Sun 3 May 2026Labor Day
- 3 daysSat 23 to Mon 25 May 2026Pentecost, Pentecost Monday
- 4 daysThu 20 to Sun 23 August 2026State Foundation Day, Day off (substituted from 08/08/2026)
- 3 daysFri 23 to Sun 25 October 2026National Day
- 4 daysThu 24 to Sun 27 December 2026Day off (substituted from 12/12/2026), Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas
Questions about 2026 in Hungary
- How many working days are there in Hungary in 2026?
- 253 working days. 2026 has 365 days, 101 of them weekend days and 11 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Hungary have in 2026?
- 16 public holidays. 5 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2026 holidays fall on a weekend?
- National Day (15 March 2026), Easter (5 April 2026), Pentecost (24 May 2026), All Saints' Day (1 November 2026), Second Day of Christmas (26 December 2026).
- What counts as the weekend in Hungary?
- Saturday and Sunday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2027?
- See public holidays in Hungary 2027 or go back to 2025.
Cite or reuse this data
Hungary has 16 public holidays and 253 working days in 2026.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/hungary/2026/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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