Poland calendar 2027: holidays, school breaks, clock change
Every date that matters in Poland in 2027 in one table: public holidays, long weekends, school year and winter breaks, clock changes and working days.
By Dawid Siedlarz ·
The Poland calendar 2027 has three layers that rarely appear in one place: 14 public holidays, the school year with its regional winter breaks, and two clock changes. The date people search for most comes first: clocks go forward on Sunday 28 March 2027, which is also Easter Sunday, and go back on Sunday 31 October 2027. Below is the whole year in one table, then a short section per topic with a link to the full article.
2027 at a glance
One row per date, in calendar order. "Who" says whether the date closes offices and most shops (everyone), only schools, or matters for working hours and pay.
| Date | Day | What happens | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Friday | New Year's Day | everyone |
| 6 January | Wednesday | Epiphany | everyone |
| 18 January - 28 February | Winter school holidays, three two-week waves by region | schools | |
| 28 March | Sunday | Easter Sunday; clocks go forward from 2:00 to 3:00 | everyone |
| 29 March | Monday | Easter Monday | everyone |
| 25-30 March | Spring school break | schools | |
| 1 May | Saturday | Labour Day (employers owe another day off) | everyone |
| 3 May | Monday | Constitution Day | everyone |
| 4 May | Tuesday | Matura exams begin | schools |
| 10 May | Monday | Eighth grade exam begins | schools |
| 16 May | Sunday | Pentecost | everyone |
| 27 May | Thursday | Corpus Christi | everyone |
| 25 June | Friday | Last day of classes | schools |
| 15 August | Sunday | Assumption Day | everyone |
| 1 September | Wednesday | School year 2027/2028 starts | schools |
| 31 October | Sunday | Clocks go back from 3:00 to 2:00 | everyone |
| 1 November | Monday | All Saints' Day | everyone |
| 11 November | Thursday | Independence Day | everyone |
| 23-31 December | Christmas school break | schools | |
| 24 December | Friday | Christmas Eve | everyone |
| 25 December | Saturday | Christmas Day (employers owe another day off) | everyone |
| 26 December | Sunday | Second day of Christmas | everyone |
Public holidays and long weekends in 2027
Poland has 14 statutory days off in 2027. Eight fall on a weekday, four on a Sunday (28 March, 16 May, 15 August and 26 December) and two on a Saturday (1 May and 25 December). A holiday on a Saturday still counts: under the Labour Code the employer has to give another day off for it. A holiday on a Sunday earns nothing extra.
The best long weekends of the year:
- 1-6 January: New Year's Day is a Friday; two days of leave on 4 and 5 January give six days off.
- 27-30 May: Corpus Christi is a Thursday; one day of leave on Friday 28 May gives four days.
- 11-14 November: Independence Day is a Thursday; Friday 12 November is the bridge day.
All 14 dates, Easter and the full list of bridges are in Poland public holidays 2027.
Clock changes in 2027
Poland changes the clocks on the same night as the rest of the EU, the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October:
- Sunday 28 March 2027: summer time starts, clocks go forward from 2:00 to 3:00, so the night is an hour shorter. It is also Easter Sunday.
- Sunday 31 October 2027: summer time ends, clocks go back from 3:00 to 2:00.
The EU proposal to end seasonal clock changes has not been adopted, so the change still happens twice a year. Night shifts, pay for the extra or missing hour and the dates for 2028 are in Poland clock change.
School year and school holidays
The school year 2026/2027 ends on Friday 25 June 2027, the first Friday after 20 June, and the summer holidays run until 31 August. The spring break is 25-30 March 2027, from the Thursday before Easter to the Tuesday after it. The next school year starts on Wednesday 1 September 2027; classes move to the following Monday only when 1 September falls on a Friday or a weekend.
Winter holidays (ferie) depend on the region where the school is:
| Dates | Main cities |
|---|---|
| 18-31 January | Wrocław, Łódź, Opole, Rzeszów, Białystok, Katowice |
| 1-14 February | Warsaw, Lublin, Gdańsk, Kielce |
| 15-28 February | Kraków, Poznań, Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Olsztyn, Szczecin, Zielona Góra |
Every region with its voivodeship is in winter school holidays in Poland 2027, and the rules behind all school dates, including exams, are in Polish school year 2026/2027 dates.
Working days, hours and pay in 2027
A full-time job in Poland has 253 working days and a norm of 2,008 hours in 2027. The months are not equal: May has the fewest hours, 144, because 1 May falls on a Saturday and 3 May on a Monday; March, April and June to September have the most, 176 each. Every month with its holidays is in working days in Poland 2027.
The minimum wage from 1 January 2027 is 4,950 PLN gross a month, and the minimum hourly rate for civil-law contracts is 32.30 PLN. Because the monthly pay is fixed and the hours change, an hour of work at the minimum wage is worth more in May than in March.
To count working days between any two dates, use the working days calculator. Why a Saturday holiday lowers the hours without removing a working day is explained in working days vs the monthly hours norm, and net pay and the hourly rate for every month are in Poland minimum wage 2027.
Is Saturday a working day in Poland?
Not for most full-time employees. The Labour Code requires an average five-day working week, and the usual schedule is Monday to Friday, so Saturday is the extra day off. That is why a public holiday on a Saturday earns employees another day off, which the employer has to schedule within the settlement period. In 2027 that happens twice, for 1 May and 25 December.
Questions people ask
When do the clocks change in Poland in 2027? Forward on Sunday 28 March (2:00 to 3:00) and back on Sunday 31 October (3:00 to 2:00).
When does the school year start in Poland? On 1 September, or on the following Monday when 1 September is a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. In 2027 it is a Wednesday, so classes start that day.
When are the winter holidays in Warsaw and Kraków in 2027? Warsaw (Mazowieckie) 1-14 February, Kraków (Małopolskie) 15-28 February.
How many working days are there in Poland in 2027? 253, with a norm of 2,008 hours for a full-time job.
Are shops closed on public holidays? Most are, on all 14 of them. School holidays close only schools.
Sources
The dates come from the same rules as the site's calculators: the Act of 18 January 1951 on public holidays, articles 129 and 130 of the Labour Code, EU Directive 2000/84/EC on summer time, the Ministry of Education notice on the 2026/2027 winter holidays and the Council of Ministers regulation of 14 September 2026 on the 2027 minimum wage (Dz.U. 2026 item 1213). Each linked article cites the act it relies on.