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🇭🇷 Croatia public holidays 2026

Croatia has 19 public holidays in 2026, plus 24 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is St. Stephen's Day on December 26.

12 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Croatia in 2026

DateHolidayType
January 1ThursdayNew Year's DayNova GodinaPublic holiday
January 6TuesdayEpiphanyBogojavljenje, Sveta tri kraljaPublic holiday
January 7WednesdayOrthodox Christmas DayOptional holiday
January 9FridayMeđimurje Unification DayObservance
January 15ThursdayDay of the International Recognition of the Republic of CroatiaObservance
January 15ThursdayDay of Peaceful Reintegration of the Croatian Danube RegionObservance
February 18WednesdayRamadan StartObservance
March 15SundayDay of the Establishment of the National Protection in the Republic of CroatiaObservance
March 19ThursdayFather's DayObservance
March 20FridayMarch EquinoxObservance
March 20FridayRamadan BayramOptional holiday
April 5SundayEaster SundayUskrs i uskrsni ponedjeljakPublic holiday
April 6MondayEaster MondayUskrs i uskrsni ponedjeljakPublic holiday
April 12SundayOrthodox EasterOptional holiday
April 13MondayOrthodox Easter MondayOptional holiday
April 30ThursdayDay of the Deaths of Zrinski and FrankopanObservance
May 1FridayLabor DayPublic holiday
May 1FridayInternational Workers' DayMeđunarodni praznik radaPublic holiday
May 9SaturdayEurope Day and Victory Day Over FascismObservance
May 10SundayMother's DayObservance
May 27WednesdayKurban BayramOptional holiday
May 30SaturdayNational DayDan državnostiPublic holiday
May 30SaturdayStatehood DayPublic holiday
June 4ThursdayCorpus ChristiTijelovoPublic holiday
June 21SundayJune SolsticeObservance
June 22MondayAnti-Fascist Struggle DayDan antifašističke borbePublic holiday
June 22MondayDay of Antifascist StrugglePublic holiday
June 25ThursdayIndependence DayObservance
August 5WednesdayVictory DayPublic holiday
August 5WednesdayVictory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defendersDan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti i Dan hrvatskih braniteljaPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption DayVelika GospaPublic holiday
August 15SaturdayAssumption of MaryPublic holiday
August 23SundayEuropean Day of Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian RegimesObservance
August 30SundayDay of Remembrance of Missing Persons in the Homeland WarObservance
September 21MondayYom KippurOptional holiday
September 23WednesdaySeptember EquinoxObservance
September 25FridayUnification Day of Istria, Rijeka, Zadar, and the IslandsObservance
October 8ThursdayDay of the Croatian ParliamentObservance
November 1SundayAll Saints' DayDan svih svetihPublic holiday
November 18WednesdayRemembrance DayDan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rataPublic holiday
December 21MondayDecember SolsticeObservance
December 25FridayChristmas DayBožićPublic holiday
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's DayPrvi dan po Božiću, Sveti Stjepan, Štefanje, StipanjePublic holiday