Hungary’s 2027 work calendar on one page

Updated 28 September 2026Share

Everything you need for the 2027 working year in Hungary: when you are off, how much you work, and how much leave and extra pay you get. Each section opens with a short answer, followed by details, calculators and a reference to the law. The 2027 transfer decree is not out yet, so this page counts the public holidays fixed by law.

Working days

254

Weekends and holidays

111

Holidays on weekdays

7

Public holidays in 2027

The public holidays are listed in section 102 of the Labour Code (Mt.)¹. Easter Sunday and Whit Sunday are not on the list, but the same rules on scheduling and supplements apply to them (102 (4), 140 (3)). When a holiday falls on a weekend, the law gives no other day off instead.

Long weekends

• 1 – 3 January 3 daysNew Year’s Day
• 13 – 15 March 3 days1848 Revolution Memorial Day
• 26 – 29 March 4 daysGood Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
• 15 – 17 May 3 daysWhit Sunday, Whit Monday
• 20 – 22 August 3 daysSt Stephen’s Day
• 30 October – 1 November 3 daysAll Saints’ Day

A few days of leave turn a long weekend into a break of up to ten days — see when to take leave.

Working Saturdays and bridge days

• Transfers apply to people on the general schedule, Monday to Friday (Mt. 97 (2), 102 (5)). On other schedules, the employer sets the working time.
• A day can only move within the same calendar month, and a Sunday cannot become a working day.
• In 2026, for example, three Saturdays were working days — 10 January, 8 August and 12 December — in return for days off on 2 January, 21 August and 24 December².

When the 2027 decree is published, the calendar and this page will be updated.

Will 24 December be a public holiday?

• The law would take effect the day after it is published; according to the bill’s reasoning, it would already cover 24 December 2026.
• Shops would stay closed all day on 24 December, except restaurants, hotels, florists, sweet shops, petrol stations and shops at stations and airports. Today shops may open until 2 pm.
• Until the bill passes, 24 December is a working day unless the transfer decree makes it a day off.

Working days and hours

The general full working day is eight hours, and the general schedule runs Monday to Friday (Mt. 92 (1), 97 (2))¹. The calculator counts the working days and hours of any period:

How much paid leave do you get?

• Extra days for age are due for the whole year in which you reach that age (Mt. 116–117)¹.
• For children: 2 days for one child, 4 for two, 7 for three or more, and 2 more for each child with a disability. A child counts from the year of birth until the end of the year they turn 16. Both working parents get these days (118).
• Young workers get 5 more days, for the last time in the year they turn 18. Workers with reduced working capacity or entitled to disability support or the blind persons’ allowance also get 5 more days (119–120).
• Paternity leave: 10 working days by the end of the fourth month after the birth. Parental leave: 44 working days until the child turns three, after a year in the job (118 (4), 118/A).
• If you start during the year, you get a share of the leave; half a day or more counts as a full day (121).

How leave is scheduled

• You cannot choose those 7 days in the first three months of the job (Mt. 122 (2))¹. Extra leave for children and parental leave are also given when you ask for them.
• The employer announces the start of your leave at least 15 days ahead (122 (4)).
• Weekends and public holidays count towards the 14 days unless agreed otherwise (122 (3)).
• Leave carries over only in some cases: if the job started on 1 October or later (until 31 March), if you could not take it for your own reasons (within 60 days after they end), a quarter of it under a collective agreement (until 31 March), and age-related extra days by agreement (until the end of the next year) (123).
• Leave can be paid out only when the job ends (122 (5), 125).

When to take leave in 2027

• Take 22 – 25 March off 10 days off4 days of leave, off 20 – 29 March
• Take 18 – 21 May off 9 days off4 days of leave, off 15 – 23 May
• Take 16 – 19 August off 9 days off4 days of leave, off 14 – 22 August
• Take 2 – 5 November off 9 days off4 days of leave, off 30 October – 7 November

In January, 5 days of leave (4–8 January) give ten days off from New Year’s Day to 10 January. Enter the first day and the length of your leave, and the planner shows how long the break lasts:

Wage supplements

• Supplements are paid on top of the wage. For the hourly base on a full-time job, the monthly base wage is divided by 174 (Mt. 139)¹.
• Public holidays are paid: a monthly wage is not reduced, and hourly-paid workers get absence pay for a holiday on a weekday (146 (1) d).
• The contract can set a base wage that already includes the Sunday, shift and night supplements (145).

Overtime and rest

• The overtime limits are set by Mt. 109 and 135 (3)¹, weekly rest by 105–106 and daily rest by 104.
• At least one weekly rest day a month must be a Sunday (105 (4)).
• Regular work on a public holiday is allowed only in some cases: where the employer or the job operates on that day by its nature, in seasonal or continuous work, in services meeting public needs and when working abroad (102 (2)).
• No overtime may be ordered from a confirmed pregnancy until the child turns three, for single parents until the child turns three, or for young workers (113, 114 (5)).

Sick leave

• If the job starts during the year, you get a share of the sick leave (Mt. 126, 146 (3))¹.
• There is no sick leave for a workplace accident, an occupational disease or a high-risk pregnancy: social security pays from the first day (126 (2)).