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14 public holidays
Italy has 14 public holiday dates recorded for 2026, of which 13 apply nationwide. 13 of the listed dates are treated as non-working days and reduce the working-day count; 6 of those fall at a weekend. For the effect on working days see Italy business days 2026.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Deducted from working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | Thursday | Capodanno | Yes |
| 2026-01-06 | Tuesday | Epifania | Yes |
| 2026-04-05 | Sunday | Pasqua | Yes |
| 2026-04-06 | Monday | Lunedì dell'Angelo | Yes |
| 2026-04-25 | Saturday | Festa della Liberazione | Yes |
| 2026-05-01 | Friday | Festa del Lavoro | Yes |
| 2026-05-25 | Monday | Lunedì di Pentecoste | Regional or sector-specific only |
| 2026-06-02 | Tuesday | Festa della Repubblica | Yes |
| 2026-08-15 | Saturday | Ferragosto o Assunzione | Yes |
| 2026-10-04 | Sunday | San Francesco d'Assisi | Yes |
| 2026-11-01 | Sunday | Tutti i Santi | Yes |
| 2026-12-08 | Tuesday | Immacolata Concezione | Yes |
| 2026-12-25 | Friday | Natale | Yes |
| 2026-12-26 | Saturday | Santo Stefano | Yes |
Italy's national layer was set by Law 54 of 1977, which cut the older, longer calendar down to today's nationwide core: New Year, Epiphany, Easter Monday, Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day, Republic Day (2 June), the Assumption (15 August), All Saints, the Immaculate Conception, Christmas and St Stephen's Day. Easter Sunday itself is not on it — only Easter Monday (Pasquetta) is, which surprises most planners. Regions and provinces then add their own dates on top.
That regional layer is what makes "the Italy calendar" a trick question: Rome shuts for St Peter and Paul on 28 June, Milano for Sant'Ambrogio on 7 December, Napoli for San Gennaro on the first Saturday of May. Foreign scheduling apps that claim Italy has ten holidays are not wrong — they just describe a different layer. Add Ferragosto: 15 August (Assumption) historically empties the country, and the surrounding week in business Italy runs at low speed regardless of who officially has the day off. Good Friday is not a national holiday either, so the spring block is shorter than neighbouring calendars, while a 25 April or 2 June landing near a weekend creates the four-day blocks Italian planners actually watch for.
Deducted days are national public holidays (the days the dataset records as applying to the whole country). Holidays observed only in part of the country, or only in particular sectors, are listed with “Regional or sector-specific only” and are not deducted from the business-day counts.