Bavaria's mix of national and regional public holidays — including Epiphany, Corpus Christi, and All Saints' Day — makes it one of Germany's best states for stretching paid leave. Below are the 2026 windows where a handful of vacation days buy the most consecutive time off, computed from Bavaria's actual public and school holiday calendar.
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December 25 – January 3
10 days off — 4 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, and Neujahr
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, and Dec 31
Short break
December 31 – January 6
7 days off — 3 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Neujahr and Heilige Drei Könige
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 31, Jan 4, and Jan 5
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December 19 – December 27
9 days off — 4 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag and Zweiter Weihnachtstag
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 21, Dec 22, Dec 23, and Dec 24
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December 24 – January 3
11 days off — 5 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, and Neujahr
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 24, Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, and Dec 31
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December 25 – January 4
11 days off — 5 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, and Neujahr
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, Dec 31, and Jan 4
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December 31 – January 10
11 days off — 5 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Neujahr and Heilige Drei Könige
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 31, Jan 4, Jan 5, Jan 7, and Jan 8
Extended break
December 25 – January 6
13 days off — 6 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, Neujahr, and Heilige Drei Könige
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, Dec 31, Jan 4, and Jan 5
Extended break
December 25 – January 10
17 days off — 8 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, Neujahr, and Heilige Drei Könige
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, Dec 31, Jan 4, Jan 5, Jan 7, and Jan 8
Extended break
December 23 – January 3
12 days off — 6 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Erster Weihnachtstag, Zweiter Weihnachtstag, and Neujahr
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 23, Dec 24, Dec 28, Dec 29, Dec 30, and Dec 31
Extended break
December 30 – January 10
12 days off — 6 vacation days used.
Public holidays: Neujahr and Heilige Drei Könige
School holidays: Christmas Holidays
Take these days off: Dec 30, Dec 31, Jan 4, Jan 5, Jan 7, and Jan 8