Czech Holiday Calendar 2018: How Many Days Off Will We Get this Year?

This year there's good news and bad news for those hoping to shave a few days off their office time in 2018.

Expats.cz Staff Jason Pirodsky

Written by Expats.cz Staff,  Jason Pirodsky Published on 30.12.2017 23:42:06 (updated on 30.12.2017) Reading time: 2 minutes

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This year there’s good news and bad news for those hoping to shave a few days off their office time in 2018.

In the Czech Republic, there will be 250 working days, approximately 2,000 hours of work.

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Only two public holidays in 2018 fall on a weekend (last year it was three). 

In 2018, the consecutive May holidays (Labor Day and Victory Day) fall on a Tuesday, so taking an additional two days of vacation on the Monday preceding each will give you five long weekends total for the year.

Good news at Christmastime: While Christmas Day 2017 fell on a Sunday, in 2018 it will be on a Monday so the following Christmas holidays will last until Wednesday. Taking two days off will give you a nine-day stretch since New Year’s Day in 2019 falls on a Tuesday.

In 2017, a proposal passed to add several new culturally important days to the Czech calendar. Read about those days here. Culturally significant days are working days.

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Full List of Public Holidays in 2018:

  • Monday, January 1: New Year’s Day/Czech Independence Day
  • Friday, March 30: Good Friday
  • Monday, April 2: Easter Monday
  • Tuesday, May 1: Labor Day
  • Tuesday, May 8: Victory Day
  • Thursday, July 5: St. Cyril and St. Methodius Day
  • Friday, July 6: Jan Hus Day
  • Friday, September 28: St. Wenceslas/Czech Statehood Day
  • Sunday, October 28: Day of the Independent Czechoslovak State
  • Saturday, November 17: Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
  • Monday, December 24: Christmas Eve
  • Tuesday, December 25: First Day of Christmas
  • Wednesday, December 26: Second Day of Christmas

Culturally Important Days in 2018:

  • Saturday, January 6: Three Kings Day
  • Tuesday, January 16: Jan Palach Day
  • Saturday, January 27: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity
  • Thursday, March 8: International Women’s Day
  • Friday, March 9: Day Commemorating Victims of the extermination of the Terezin family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Monday, March 12: Anniversary of Czech Republic Joining NATO
  • Wednesday, March 28: Day of the Birth of Jan Amos Comenius
  • Saturday, May 5: Remembrance of the May Uprising of the Czech Nation (1945)
  • Friday, June 1: International Children’s Day
  • Sunday, June 10: Memorial Day Extermination of Lidice
  • Monday, June 18: Day of Heroes of the Second Resistance
  • Wednesday, June 27: Commemorating the Victims of the Communist Regime
  • Sunday, November 11: Veterans Day

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Holidays that are observed but are not considered official days of remembrance or importance are: April Fools’ Day (Sunday, April 1), Čarodějnice (Monday, April 30), All Souls Day (Friday, November 2), St. Nicholas Day (Thursday, December 6).

Daylight savings (letní čas) is on March 25; the transition to winter time (zimní čas) takes place on October 28.

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