Austria's 2027 school calendar is dominated by an early Easter (28 March) that places spring school holidays in the third or fourth week of March for most Bundeslรคnder โ meaning the Christmas-to-Easter gap is unusually short, around 10โ11 weeks.
The early Easter also means Ascension Day (6 May) and Whit Monday (17 May) fall in early-to-mid May, affecting the timing of any Pfingstferien breaks.
Summer holidays (Sommerferien): Austria's ~9-week summer break is unaffected by Easter timing. The staggered state-by-state model continues, running approximately from late June to early September.
Semester break (Semesterferien): The February break remains staggered across three weeks as in previous years. With Christmas falling on a weekend in 2027, the Christmas school holidays will be especially important as the primary festive rest period โ most states will schedule breaks from approximately 22 December 2027 to 7 January 2028.
Autumn break: All Saints' Day (1 November) falls on a Monday in 2027, giving states that schedule Herbstferien in the last week of October a natural long weekend at the start of the break.