Holidays in Austria 2023, 2024, 2025 (all states, state and unofficial)

In this publication, ALYO.info will tell you about the holidays in Austria in 2023, 2024 and 2025. You will find out which Austrian holidays are celebrated in different states. Also, in what cases and who has a non-working day, and when it is not. Separately, we wrote about the ban on holding events on certain dates in certain Austrian lands.

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What holidays are there in Austria?

Austria has officially established public holidays. There are 13 such days throughout the year. They are celebrated all over the country, regardless of land and state. If employees go to work on a public holiday, they are entitled to compensation. This may be additional time off and / or additional pay for work. These holidays include:

New Year.
Three holy kings.
Easter Monday.
National holiday May 1st.
Ascension of Christ.
Pentecost.
Corpus Christi.
Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
National holiday October 26th.
All Saints’ Day.
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
Christmas.
Saint Stephen’s Day.

Interesting fact! Surely you have noticed that Easter and Pentecost are not included in the list of public holidays. The dates of these holidays change annually, but they always fall on the official non-working day, Sunday. Therefore, they were not made public holidays.

There are also 9 official holidays, which are working days, or are not celebrated throughout the country. The conditions of work and rest on such dates are regulated by laws or collective labor agreements. If the field of activity does not fall under a collective labor agreement, the conditions are described in a regular agreement between the employee and the employer.

Further in the publication, we will talk about the holidays in Austria in 2023, 2024 and 2025. They are presented in chronological order. Where necessary, we will explain whether a holiday is an official day free from work or study.

Event Restrictions

In some regions of Austria there are restrictions on holding public events. They relate to three holidays and the day of mourning (the day of mourning is announced additionally in connection with significant events). Below is a list of dates, types of prohibited events and states in Austria that have bans in place .

Good friday

All events: Carinthia.
Events that do not correspond to the nature of the day: Vienna.
Events that do not correspond to the nature of the day and affect religious feelings: Lower Austria, Burgenland, Salzburg.

Holy Saturday

All events: Carinthia (until 2 pm).

Christmas Eve (December 24)

All events: Carinthia.
Events that do not correspond to the nature of the day: Vienna.
Events that do not correspond to the nature of the day and affect religious feelings: Lower Austria, Burgenland, Salzburg.

Mourning in state or country

All events: Lower Austria, Burgenland, Salzburg, Tyrol.

Holidays in Austria 2023

Below we have listed the holidays in Austria in 2023. Unless otherwise noted, this day is a legal public holiday on which employees receive the day off. The exception is some religious holidays.

Important! Holidays of the Greek Orthodox Church, Alevi and Muslim communities are regular working days (unless otherwise specified in the contract with the employer). But on these dates, each school can give students an extra free day (in addition to regular school holidays). The decision to appoint such a day applies to all students of the school!

January

January 1 (Sunday) 2023: New Year.
January 6 (Friday) 2023: Three Holy Kings.
January 7 (Saturday) 2023: Christmas (according to the Julian calendar of the Orthodox Church).
January 27 (Friday) 2023: Saint Sava (patron saint, for Serbian Orthodox Christians only).

February

February 14 (Tuesday) 2023: Valentine’s Day (unofficial holiday).
February 16 (Thursday) 2023: Khizir post (religious community of Alevis).
February 20 (Monday) 2023: Carnival Monday (unofficial holiday).
February 21 (Tuesday) 2023: Carnival Tuesday (unofficial holiday).

March

March 8 (Wednesday) 2023: Saint Joseph’s Day (Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg).
March 21 (Tuesday) 2023: Feast of Navruz (religious community of Alevis).

On the day of St. Joseph, schools, authorities and government offices usually do not work. On this day, some companies may give additional time off to their employees working in the territory where this holiday is celebrated. Unless otherwise stated in your contract, March 19 is a normal working day.

April

April 7 (Friday) 2023: Good Friday (which is a bank holiday, not a federal public holiday).
April 10 (Monday) 2023: Easter Monday.
April 14 (Friday) 2023: Good Friday (Orthodox Church).
April 17 (Monday) 2023: Easter Monday (Orthodox Church).
April 21 (Friday) 2023: Fasting holiday (Idul Fitr, Islamic Shia community).
April 21 – 23, 2023: Ramadan holiday (Islamic religious community).

May

May 1 (Monday) 2023: National holiday.
May 4 (Thursday) 2023: St. Florian’s Day (Upper Austria).
May 14 (Sunday) 2023: Mother’s Day (unofficial holiday).
May 18 (Thursday) 2023: Ascension of Christ.
May 29 (Monday) 2023: Monday of Pentecost.

St. Florian’s Day is officially an ordinary holiday, not a public one. On May 4, only schools, authorities and government offices are usually closed. Some companies may provide additional time off for their employees working in Upper Austria. Unless otherwise stated in your contract, May 4 is a normal working day.

June

June 5 (Monday) 2023: Trinity (Orthodox Church).
June 8 (Thursday) 2023: Feast of Corpus Christi.
June 28 (Wednesday) 2023: Feast of the Sacrifice (Alevi religious community).
June 28, 2023 – July 1, 2023: Feast of the Sacrifice (Islamic religious community).
June 29 (Thursday) 2023: Feast of the Sacrifice (Idul Adha, Islamic Shia community).

August

August 15 (Tuesday) 2023: Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

September

24 September (Sunday) 2023: Saint Rupert’s Day (Salzburg).
September 25 (Monday) 2023: Yom Kippur.

On the day of St. Rupert, schools, authorities and government offices do not work. Employees of other enterprises, institutions and companies have a regular working day. They can be released or partially released from work only if it is prescribed in the contract or collective labor agreement.

Yom Kippur is not officially celebrated at the state or kingdom level. But a collective or ordinary agreement may provide for a reduced day or an additional non-working day. Compensation for this day is usually not paid.

October

October 10 (Tuesday) 2023: Referendum Day (Carinthia).
October 26 (Thursday) 2023: National holiday.

Referendum Day , celebrated in Carinthia, is a non-working day for students and school employees, employees of authorities and government offices. Other institutions and companies can make this day free from work on the basis of an individual or collective labor agreement.

November

November 1 (Wednesday) 2023: All Saints Day.
November 11 (Saturday) 2023: Saint Martin’s Day (Burgenland).
November 15 (Wednesday) 2023: Saint Leopold’s Day (Lower Austria, Vienna).

On St. Martin’s Day and St. Leopold’s Day, schools, authorities and government offices in the territory where these holidays are celebrated are closed. For the rest of the country’s residents, there is no official vacation on this day. Additional time off may be assigned if it is prescribed in a regular contract or a collective labor agreement.

December

December 8 (Friday) 2023: Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
December 24 (Sunday) 2023: Christmas Eve (considered a bank holiday, not a federal public holiday).
December 25 (Monday) 2023: Christmas.
December 26 (Tuesday) 2023: Saint Stephen’s Day.
December 31 (Sunday) 2023: New Year’s Eve (considered a bank holiday, not a federal public holiday).

If the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary fell on a non-working day, trade workers may have a normal day. For going to work on a non-working day on December 8, they receive compensation. This may be a reduced day, additional time off and / or an addition to the regular salary.

Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve (December 24 and 31) are regular business days. They can be free from work or reduced days, if it is written in the collective or individual labor contract.

Holidays in Austria 2024