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Business Days in January 2024 for Switzerland

January 2024 has 22 working days under the Swiss federal holiday calendar. January 2024 contains one Swiss federal holiday on a weekday. The month covers 31 calendar days, of which 8 are Saturday and Sunday. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in Switzerland.

working days

22

Calendar Days

31

Weekend Days

8

public holidays

1

Work Weeks

4.4

January 2024 business day calendar
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public holidays in January 2024

Mon, Jan 1Neujahrstag (New Year's Day)

Switzerland January deadlines

Neujahrstag (January 1) closes banks, the SIX Swiss Exchange, and federal offices. Berchtoldstag (January 2) is a holiday in many cantons (Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Vaud) but is not federal. Monthly MWST (Mehrwertsteuer, VAT) for Q4 of the prior year is due by January 31 for quarterly filers under Form 0552. The Swiss Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) opens the annual personal-tax filing window in late January.

Day-of-Week Distribution

The count of each weekday in January 2024. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

DayCount
Monday5
Tuesday5
Wednesday5
Thursday4
Friday4
Saturday4
Sunday4

Switzerland reporting cycles and business-day rules

Swiss business-day cycles align with ESTV (Federal Tax Administration) Mehrwertsteuer (MWST) quarterly returns due by the last day of the month after each quarter-end (Form 0552), and PostFinance / SIX SIS interbank settlement on bank business days. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) holds Monetary Policy Assessments quarterly in March, June, September, and December. SIX Swiss Exchange trades Mon-Fri excluding the federal Swiss National Day (1 August) and Christmas/Boxing Day. Cantonal tax filings vary by canton (typically March 31 for individuals). SwissBanking and FINMA regulate the financial-services sector with quarterly listed-entity disclosure cycles.

January 2024 working days compared by country

Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Switzerland alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for January 2024.

CountryBusiness DaysHolidays this month
🇺🇸United States21New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
🇬🇧United Kingdom22New Year's Day
🇨🇦Canada22New Year's Day
🇦🇺Australia21New Year's Day, Australia Day
🇮🇳India22Republic Day
🇵🇭Philippines22New Year's Day
🇫🇷France22Jour de l'An
🇩🇪Germany22Neujahrstag
🇯🇵Japan21New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day
🇲🇽Mexico22Año Nuevo
🇸🇬Singapore22New Year's Day

How January 2024 compares year over year

January 2023 also had 22 working days, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year. On the surrounding months, December 2023 has 21 working days and February 2024 has 21. Looking forward, January 2025 has 22 working days under the same Swiss federal holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in Switzerland

A Zurich treasury operator uses the 22-day January 2024 count to align SIX SIS (Swiss SIC system) RTGS settlement with ESTV (Federal Tax Administration) MWST quarterly cycles on the 31st of the month following each quarter-end. A Geneva private banking team uses business-day math to track SIX Swiss Exchange settlement and SNB Monetary Policy Assessment decision windows. A Basel pharma controller uses working-day counts to align cantonal tax filings, Swissmedic regulatory deadlines, and BAG (Federal Office of Public Health) reporting cycles.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many business days are in January 2024 for Swiss federal?
January 2024 has 22 working days under the Swiss federal holiday calendar. The month spans 31 calendar days, of which 8 fall on a weekend and 1 is a Swiss federal holiday that lands on a weekday. The remaining 22 weekdays are countable as working days for invoicing, deadline tracking, and contract math.
Which Switzerland holidays affect January 2024?
January 2024 contains one Swiss federal holiday: Neujahrstag (New Year's Day) on Monday, January 1. Banks and Switzerland financial markets close on each of these days. Regional or industry-specific closures may add further non-working days for narrower contract definitions; layer them into the calculator's Advanced options if needed.
Why is the Swiss calendar federal only, not cantonal?
Switzerland has only three nationally-binding federal public holidays under federal law: New Year's Day (1 January), Swiss National Day (1 August), and Christmas Day (25 December). Each of the 26 cantons (and some major cities) adds its own additional public holidays under cantonal law. This calculator uses the federal three plus the widely-observed Catholic-tradition days (Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension, Whit Monday, Boxing Day) that SIX Swiss Exchange and Swiss banks treat as closure days nationwide. Cantonal additions (Berchtoldstag in Zurich/Bern, Allerheiligen in Catholic cantons, the Feast of Geneva in Geneva) are excluded; layer them under Advanced options for cantonal contracts.
How does Switzerland handle weekend-falling holidays?
Swiss federal law does not specify automatic substitute weekdays for weekend-falling public holidays. The Swiss tradition is that holidays absorb into the weekend without an in-lieu Monday. Some cantons (notably in Catholic regions for Allerheiligen) may grant a substitute weekday by cantonal decree but this is not federal. This calculator's data reflects the actual gazetted date; for cross-canton contracts, the federal-plus-widely-observed Catholic set is the conservative baseline. SIX Swiss Exchange and Swiss interbank settlement follow the same observance pattern.
Why does the business-day count vary year to year?
Two things shift the monthly count for Switzerland. First, the day of the week the first of the month lands on changes the count of each weekday. Second, Swiss federal holidays anchored to a fixed date shift their weekday across years. Some years a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend; some countries shift the observance to an adjacent weekday and some absorb it into the weekend. January 2023 also had 22 working days, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year.

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