Explore the complete list of holidays in Italy 2026, including all public holidays and important observances. Plan your year with accurate dates for Italian holidays.
List of Holidays in Italy 2026
January 1 (Thursday) – New Year’s Day (Capodanno)
January 6 (Tuesday) – Epiphany (Epifania)
April 5 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday (Pasqua)
April 6 (Monday) – Easter Monday (Lunedì dell’Angelo / Pasquetta)
April 25 (Saturday) – Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione)
May 1 (Friday) – Labour Day (Festa dei Lavoratori)
June 2 (Tuesday) – Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica)
August 15 (Saturday) – Assumption of Mary (Ferragosto)
November 1 (Sunday) – All Saints’ Day (Ognissanti)
December 8 (Tuesday) – Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione)
December 25 (Friday) – Christmas Day (Natale)
December 26 (Saturday) – Saint Stephen’s Day (Santo Stefano)
Other Important Holidays
- February 14 (Saturday) – Valentine’s Day (San Valentino)
- February 16 (Monday) – Carnival Monday (Lunedì di Carnevale)
- February 17 (Tuesday) – Shrove Tuesday / Carnival (Martedì Grasso)
- February 18 (Wednesday) – Ash Wednesday (Mercoledì delle Ceneri)
- March 8 (Sunday) – International Women’s Day (Festa della Donna)
- March 19 (Thursday) – Father’s Day / Saint Joseph’s Day (Festa del Papà / San Giuseppe)
- April 3 (Friday) – Good Friday (Venerdì Santo)
- April 21 (Tuesday) – Rome’s Birthday (Natale di Roma)
- May 10 (Sunday) – Mother’s Day (Festa della Mamma)
- May 14 (Thursday) – Ascension Day (Ascensione)
- May 24 (Sunday) – Pentecost (Pentecoste)
- June 4 (Thursday) – Corpus Christi (Corpus Domini)
- June 24 (Wednesday) – Saint John the Baptist Day (San Giovanni Battista – Florence)
- June 29 (Monday) – Saints Peter and Paul (Santi Pietro e Paolo – Rome)
- July 15 (Wednesday) – Saint Rosalia Day (Palermo)
- September 19 (Saturday) – Saint Januarius Day (San Gennaro – Naples)
- October 4 (Sunday) – Saint Francis of Assisi Day (San Francesco d’Assisi)
- October 31 (Saturday) – Halloween
- November 2 (Monday) – All Souls’ Day (Commemorazione dei Defunti)
- November 4 (Wednesday) – National Unity Day (Giornata dell’Unità Nazionale)
- December 7 (Monday) – Saint Ambrose Day (Sant’Ambrogio – Milan)
- December 13 (Sunday) – Saint Lucy’s Day (Santa Lucia)
- December 24 (Thursday) – Christmas Eve (Vigilia di Natale)
- December 31 (Thursday) – New Year’s Eve (San Silvestro)
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