What does the school holiday comparison show?
The comparison brings together the school start date, autumn break, Christmas break, winter break, school end date and summer break for school year 2025-2026 where published data is available.
School holiday dates 2025-2026
School year 2025-2026 dates vary by municipality. The comparison shows published school start dates, breaks, ending dates and the latest verification.
Coverage
The public view summarizes the compiled source-backed dataset without publishing the full municipality mapping.
- Municipalities
- 307
- Calendar rows
- 307
- Source URLs
- 310
- Full-year variations
- 158
- Latest verified
- 18/05/2026
Variation summary
Date differences are summarized by event. The municipality-to-date mapping is available through licensed data access.
| Event | Variations | Date spread | Rows with dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| School starts | 7 variations | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - Monday, August 18, 2025 | 306/307 |
| Autumn break | 10 variations | Monday, October 13, 2025 - Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 305/307 |
| Christmas break | 11 variations | Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | 306/307 |
| Winter break | 7 variations | Monday, February 16, 2026 - Sunday, March 8, 2026 | 306/307 |
| Schools end | 3 variations | Friday, May 29, 2026 - Friday, June 5, 2026 | 307/307 |
| Summer break | 10 variations | Saturday, May 30, 2026 - Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | 262/307 |
By municipality
Sample rows show 3 of 307 published municipality or school-group rows.
No municipalities match this filter.
| Municipality | School starts | Autumn break | Christmas break | Winter break | Schools end | Summer break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | 5 days | 16 days | 5 days | In progress73 days | ||
| Espoo | 5 days | 16 days | 5 days | In progress74 days | ||
| Vantaa | 5 days | 18 days | 5 days | In progress74 days |
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Q&A
Why is Vantaa shown on two rows?
Vantaa Finnish-language and Swedish-language basic schools have different holiday dates, so they are shown separately.
Can I add the dates to my calendar?
Yes, the topic comparison pages let you add an individual break or school-year date to Google Calendar.
Where were the dates verified?
School year 2025-2026 dates vary by municipality. The comparison shows published school start dates, breaks, ending dates and the latest verification.