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Valais, Switzerland 2027 Public Holidays

9 public holidays

Showing Valais. Days marked in red are public holidays in this canton.

  • Public holiday — A day off across Valais.
January 1 holidays
February
March 1 holidays
April
May 2 holidays
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August 2 holidays
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November 1 holidays
December 2 holidays

2027 Holiday List · Valais

9 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Friday New Year's Day Public holiday 1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
Mar 19 Friday Saint Joseph's Day Public holiday 19 March.
May 6 Thursday Ascension Day Public holiday The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
May 27 Thursday Corpus Christi Public holiday The Thursday 60 days after Easter Sunday.
Aug 1 Sunday Swiss National Day Public holiday
Aug 15 Sunday Assumption of Mary Public holiday 15 August.
Nov 1 Monday All Saints' Day Public holiday 1 November.
Dec 8 Wednesday Immaculate Conception Public holiday 8 December.
Dec 25 Saturday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

About these holidays

New Year's Day

1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.

The first day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the most widely observed public holiday in the world — a day off in almost every country that uses the Gregorian calendar, regardless of religion. Several countries extend the break to 2 January, and some in East Asia keep both the Gregorian and a separate lunar new year.

Saint Joseph's Day

19 March.

Honours the husband of Mary, and doubles as Father's Day in Spain, Italy and parts of Latin America. A public holiday in Colombia, Costa Rica, Malta and several Swiss cantons.

Ascension Day

The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.

Marks the ascension of Christ, forty days after Easter. Always a Thursday, which makes it a popular bridge day — in France, Germany, the Nordics and the Benelux many people take the Friday off to reach a four-day weekend.

Corpus Christi

The Thursday 60 days after Easter Sunday.

A Catholic feast honouring the Eucharist, marked by processions. A public holiday in Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Austria, much of Latin America and several German and Swiss regions — one of the clearest cases where a holiday is regional rather than national.

Assumption of Mary

15 August.

A Catholic and Orthodox feast marking the assumption of the Virgin Mary. A public holiday across southern and Central Europe, Latin America and francophone Africa, and the peak of the summer holiday season in France and Italy.

All Saints' Day

1 November.

Honours all saints, and in much of Catholic Europe and Latin America is the day families visit and tend graves. A public holiday in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and many francophone African countries.

Immaculate Conception

8 December.

The Marian feast of 8 December, listed under a shorter name in some countries.

Christmas Day

25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.

Official source: publicholidays.ch — Switzerland