Public holidays and non-working days in Serbia

A calendar of Serbian state holidays for the current and next year — dates, weekdays and the Sunday substitution rule (Zakon o državnim praznicima, art. 3a). For every non-working day you can see what is closed (banks, MUP, APR, courts, civil registry, post office), what stays open (round-the-clock shops and bakeries, exchange offices, cafes on shorter hours) and where not to drive on a long weekend — border queues grow several times over. Easter-cycle dates are recalculated algorithmically rather than hand-edited, so the calendar never goes stale.

Non-working public holiday days in Serbia in 2026: 14. The calendar is built from eight fixed dates (New Year on 1 and 2 January, Christmas on 7 January, Statehood Day on 15 and 16 February, Labour Day on 1 and 2 May, Armistice Day on 11 November) plus four consecutive Easter days — from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Easter here is Orthodox and movable: it is computed algorithmically from the Julian calendar, so it lands on different dates every year. Dates on this page are recalculated automatically, not hand-edited.

Substitution rule: when a holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day becomes non-working too (Zakon o državnim praznicima, art. 3a). In 2026 that adds 2 substitutions.

Upcoming non-working days

2026 holiday calendar

2027 holiday calendar

Long weekends

What is closed on a public holiday

On a public holiday banks, government offices (MUP, APR, courts, civil registry), the post office and most companies are shut. Plan residence-permit filings, driving-licence exchange, address registration and APR submissions with a buffer: slots and queues fill up before a long weekend. Government offices mapped on SerbiaHub: 47:

What stays open on a public holiday

Large malls, supermarkets, cafes and restaurants usually work but on shorter hours; small private shops are more often closed. Round-the-clock spots (shops, bakeries, kiosks) on the map: 240:

Banks are closed, but exchange offices (menjačnica) normally work on holidays — the directory lists 786 of them with addresses and rates: Exchange offices and rates

Borders and travel around holidays

Before holidays and during long weekends border queues grow several times over — especially Horgoš (Hungary), Batrovci (Croatia), Gostun and Jabuka (Montenegro). Serbian border crossings tracked by SerbiaHub: 29, waiting times refresh every 30 minutes from AMSS data (19.08.2026 12:47 UTC).

Border waiting times

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