Italy

Italy public holidays 2026

Italy has 14 nationwide public holidays in 2026, and 14 to 17 in total once regional days are added, depending on where you are. After them, 2026 has 254 working days. Next up: Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Italy on Sunday, October 4, 2026, in 5 days.

Public holidays in Italy in 2026
Date	Holiday
January
Jan 1Thursday	New Year's DayNationwide
Jan 6Tuesday	EpiphanyNationwide
Jan 13Tuesday	Saint Hilary of Poitiers's DayParma
Jan 19Monday	Saint Bassianus's DayLodi
Jan 20Tuesday	Saint Sebastian's DayCaserta
Jan 22Thursday	Saint Gaudentius's DayNovara
Jan 31Saturday	Saint Geminianus's DayModena
February
Feb 4Wednesday	Our Lady of the FireForlì-Cesena, Forli
Feb 5Thursday	Saint Agatha's DayCatania
Feb 12Thursday	Our Lady of the PilerioCosenza
Feb 13Friday	Saint Archelaus's DayOristano
Feb 14Saturday	Saint Modestinus's DayAvellino
Feb 14Saturday	Saint Valentine's DayTerni
Feb 15Sunday	Saints Faustinus and Jovita's DayBrescia
Feb 25Wednesday	Saint Gerland's DayAgrigento
March
Mar 1Sunday	Saint Leoluca's DayVibo Valentia
Mar 16Monday	Saints Hilary and Tatian's DayGorizia
Mar 18Wednesday	Our Lady of MercySavona
Mar 18Wednesday	Saint Anselm of Baggio's DayMantova
Mar 19Thursday	Saint Joseph's DayLa Spezia
Mar 22Sunday	Our Lady of the Seven VeilsFoggia
April
Apr 5Sunday	Easter SundayNationwide
Apr 6Monday	Easter MondayNationwide
Apr 23Thursday	Saint George's Day Campobasso, Ferrara + 2 more Campobasso, Ferrara, Reggio Calabria, Ragusa
Apr 25Saturday	Liberation DayNationwide
Apr 25Saturday	Saint Mark's DayLatina, Pordenone, Venezia
Apr 27Monday	Saint Liberal's DayTreviso
May
May 1Friday	Labor DayNationwide
May 3Sunday	Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim's DayBarletta-Andria-Trani, Trani
May 4Monday	Saint Cyriacus's DayAncona
May 5Tuesday	Saint Secundus of Asti's DayAsti
May 8Friday	Saint Victor the Moor's DayVarese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
May 10Sunday	Saint Catald's DayTaranto
May 11Monday	Saint Justin of Chieti's DayChieti
May 14Thursday	Saint Pontian's DaySud Sardegna
May 19Tuesday	Saint Peter Celestine's DayIsernia
May 21Thursday	Saint Zeno's DayVerona
May 22Friday	Saint Julia's DayLivorno
May 25Monday	Pentecost MondayBolzano
May 30Saturday	Saint Gerard of Potenza's DayPotenza
June
Jun 1Monday	Saint Crescentinus's DayPesaro e Urbino, Urbino
Jun 2Tuesday	Republic DayNationwide
Jun 3Wednesday	Our Lady of the LetterMessina
Jun 10Wednesday	Saint Maximus of Aveia's DayL'Aquila
Jun 13Saturday	Saint Anthony of Padua's DayPadova
Jun 17Wednesday	Saint Ranieri's DayPisa
Jun 19Friday	Saints Gervasius and Protasius's DaySondrio
Jun 20Saturday	Saint Silverius's DayFrosinone
Jun 24Wednesday	Saint John's Day Forlì-Cesena, Firenze + 4 more Forlì-Cesena, Firenze, Genova, Monza e Brianza, Torino, Cesena
Jun 26Friday	Saint Vigilius's DayTrento
Jun 29Monday	Saints Peter and Paul's DayRoma
July
Jul 2Thursday	Our Lady of the BrunaMatera
Jul 2Thursday	Visitation of Mary DayEnna
Jul 4Saturday	Saint Antoninus of Piacenza's DayPiacenza
Jul 6Monday	Saint Maria Goretti's DayLatina
Jul 12Sunday	Saint Paulinus of Lucca's DayLucca
Jul 12Sunday	Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus's DayUdine
Jul 15Wednesday	Saint Rosalia's DayPalermo
Jul 16Thursday	Saint Vitalian's DayCatanzaro
Jul 23Thursday	Saint Apollinaris's DayRavenna
Jul 25Saturday	Saint James's DayPistoia
August
Aug 1Saturday	Saint Eusebius of Vercelli's DayVercelli
Aug 5Wednesday	Our Lady of the SnowsNuoro
Aug 5Wednesday	Saint Emidius's DayAscoli Piceno
Aug 7Friday	Saint Albert of Trapani's DayTrapani
Aug 7Friday	Saint Donatus of Arezzo's DayArezzo
Aug 10Monday	Saint Lawrence's DayGrosseto
Aug 11Tuesday	Saint Clare of Assisi's DayPerugia
Aug 15Saturday	Assumption Of Mary DayNationwide
Aug 15Saturday	Assumption DayFermo
Aug 16Sunday	Assumption DayFermo
Aug 24Monday	Saint Bartholomew's DayBenevento
Aug 26Wednesday	Saint Alexander of Bergamo's DayBergamo
Aug 26Wednesday	Saint Orontius's DayLecce
Aug 29Saturday	Saint John's DayRagusa
Aug 31Monday	Saint Abbondius's DayComo
Aug 31Monday	Saint Julian the Hospitaller's DayMacerata
September
Sep 4Friday	Saint Rose of Viterbo's DayViterbo
Sep 6Sunday	Saint Theodore of Amasea and Saint Lawrence of Brindisi's DayBrindisi
Sep 7Monday	Saint Grat's DayAO
Sep 8Tuesday	Our Lady of GracesPordenone
Sep 8Tuesday	Our Lady of Monte BericoVicenza
Sep 19Saturday	Saint Januarius's DayNapoli
Sep 20Sunday	Saint Richard of Andria's DayBarletta-Andria-Trani, Andria
Sep 21Monday	Saint Matthew's DaySalerno
Sep 24Thursday	Saint Terentius of Pesaro's DayPesaro e Urbino, Pesaro
Sep 29Tuesday	Saint Michael the Archangel's DayCaltanissetta, Cuneo
October
Oct 4Sunday	Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of ItalyNationwide
Oct 4Sunday	Saint Francis of Assisi's DayMassa-Carrara, Perugia
Oct 4Sunday	Saint Petronius's DayBologna
Oct 9Friday	Saint Dionysius's DayCrotone
Oct 10Saturday	Saint Cetteus's DayPescara
Oct 14Wednesday	Saint Gaudentius's DayRimini
Oct 30Friday	Saint Saturninus of Cagliari's DayCagliari
November
Nov 1Sunday	All Saints' DayNationwide
Nov 1Sunday	National Unity DayNationwide
Nov 3Tuesday	Saint Justus's DayTrieste
Nov 10Tuesday	Saint Baudolino's DayAlessandria
Nov 11Wednesday	Saint Martin's DayBelluno
Nov 13Friday	Saint Homobonus's DayCremona
Nov 21Saturday	Our Lady of HealthVenezia
Nov 24Tuesday	Saint Prosper of Reggio's DayReggio Emilia
Nov 26Thursday	Saint Bellinus's DayRovigo
Nov 26Thursday	Saint Leonard of Porto Maurizio's DayImperia
December
Dec 1Tuesday	Saint Ansanus's DaySiena
Dec 4Friday	Saint Barbara's DayRieti
Dec 6Sunday	Saint Nicholas's DayBari, Lecco, Sassari
Dec 7Monday	Saint Ambrose's DayMilano
Dec 8Tuesday	Immaculate ConceptionNationwide
Dec 9Wednesday	Saint Syrus's DayPavia
Dec 13Sunday	Saint Lucy's DaySiracusa
Dec 19Saturday	Saint Berardo's DayTeramo
Dec 25Friday	Christmas DayNationwide
Dec 26Saturday	Saint Stephen's DayNationwide
Dec 30Wednesday	Saint Roger's DayBarletta-Andria-Trani, Barletta

Nationwide: 14public holidays
By region: 14–17across 114 regions
Working days: 254after nationwide days off
Long weekends: 3+4 with 1 day off

Dates come from the open-source holidays project, which compiles each country's statutory holidays from official sources. Governments sometimes add or move days at short notice, so check official announcements for critical plans. See our sources.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off built from nationwide holidays and the weekend, plus the ones you can make by taking a single day off.

4 daysThu, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 4 · New Year's DayTake Fri, Jan 2 off to join it up
4 daysSat, Jan 3 – Tue, Jan 6 · EpiphanyTake Mon, Jan 5 off to join it up
3 daysSat, Apr 4 – Mon, Apr 6 · Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
3 daysFri, May 1 – Sun, May 3 · Labor Day4 days in Ancona, with Saint Cyriacus's Day
4 daysSat, May 30 – Tue, Jun 2 · Republic DayTake Mon, Jun 1 off to join it up
4 daysSat, Dec 5 – Tue, Dec 8 · Immaculate ConceptionTake Mon, Dec 7 off to join it up
3 daysFri, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 27 · Christmas Day, Saint Stephen's Day

Italy public holidays by year

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Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays are there in Italy in 2026?

14 nationwide public holidays: New Year's Day (Jan 1); Epiphany (Jan 6); Easter Sunday (Apr 5); Easter Monday (Apr 6); Liberation Day (Apr 25); Labor Day (May 1); Republic Day (Jun 2); Assumption Of Mary Day (Aug 15); Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Italy (Oct 4); All Saints' Day (Nov 1); National Unity Day (Nov 1); Immaculate Conception (Dec 8); Christmas Day (Dec 25); Saint Stephen's Day (Dec 26). Regions add 101 more days between them.

When is the next public holiday in Italy?

Saint Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Italy, on Sunday, October 4, 2026 — in 5 days.

How many working days are there in 2026?

254 working days, counting Monday to Friday and taking out the nationwide holidays that fall on working days. Regional holidays and company closures can lower it further.