School Holidays Ticino 2026 (cross-border guide)

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📚 Ticino school calendar · 2026-2027

Every official DECS date for the 2026-2027 school year at a glance: first day, holidays, long weekends and the last day of school in Canton Ticino.

31 Aug
First day · Mon 2026
16 Jun
Last day · Wed 2027
5
Breaks & long weekends
4
Cantonal holidays (school closed)

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🗓️ The school year, step by step

  • First day of school
    Monday 31 August 2026
  • Autumn break
    Sat 31 Oct → Sun 8 Nov 2026
    9 days
  • Christmas holidays
    Thu 24 Dec 2026 → Wed 6 Jan 2027
    2 weeks
  • Carnival break
    Sat 6 Feb → Sun 14 Feb 2027
    9 days
  • Easter holidays
    Fri 26 Mar → Sun 4 Apr 2027
    10 days
  • Ascension long weekend
    Thu 6 → Sun 9 May 2027
    4 days
  • Last day of school
    Wednesday 16 June 2027
  • Summer holidays
    from Thursday 17 June 2027
    ~11 weeks

🇨🇭 Other days school is closed

  • 🕯️ Immaculate Conception · Tue 8 Dec 2026
  • ✝️ St Joseph · Fri 19 Mar 2027
  • 🕊️ Whit Monday · Mon 17 May 2027
  • 🌿 Corpus Christi · Thu 27 May 2027

Official dates: DECS — School calendar 2026/2027. The cantonal document always prevails.

Ticino school calendar 2026-2027

The school holiday calendar in Canton Ticino is set annually by the Department of Education, Culture and Sport (DECS) and applies to public kindergartens (ages 3-6), primary schools (6-11) and lower secondary schools (11-15). Private schools generally follow the same calendar with 1-2 day deviations.

2026-2027 holiday dates

For the 2026-2027 school year the official DECS dates in Canton Ticino are: school start Monday 31 August 2026; autumn break Saturday 31 October - Sunday 8 November 2026; Christmas holidays Thursday 24 December 2026 - Wednesday 6 January 2027; carnival Saturday 6 - Sunday 14 February 2027; Easter Friday 26 March - Sunday 4 April 2027; Ascension Thursday 6 May 2027 with a long weekend to Sunday 9 May (Friday 7 May is a day off); Whit Monday 17 May 2027; Corpus Christi Thursday 27 May 2027; end of school year Wednesday 16 June 2027. Summer holidays start on Thursday 17 June 2027. The Immaculate Conception (Tuesday 8 December 2026) and St Joseph (Friday 19 March 2027) are additional days off.

Enrolment and cost

To enrol a child in a Ticino public school the child must be resident in Ticino (so only for B-permit cross-border workers, not G). Enrolment opens in January-February. For G-permit children there are bilingual private schools (SEL Sorengo, Liceo di Lugano) charging CHF 15,000-35,000 per year. School meals cost about CHF 8-12 per meal, subsidies available for low-income families.