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DPD holiday overview.

Current shipping and delivery times

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DPD holiday overview.

Current shipping and delivery times

Different shipping and delivery times apply on some national and regional holidays. Here you can find all the relevant dates and easily plan your shipments in advance.

Christmas shipping

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Find out when your shipments can be delivered and picked up during the holidays.

You will find all relevant information clearly presented. 

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Overview of public holidays

January

January 1, 2026 – New Year's Day
No pickups or deliveries throughout Germany.

January 6, 2026 – Epiphany
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Saxony-Anhalt.

 

 

February

February 12, 2026 – Women’s Carnival
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.

February 14 and 15, 2026 – Carneval
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg.

February 16, 2026 – Rose Monday
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.

February 17, 2026 – Shrove Tuesday
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.

 

 

March

March 8, 2026 – International Women's Day
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the Berlin region.

 

 

April

April 3, 2026 – Good Friday
April 6, 2026 – Easter Monday
No pickups or deliveries throughout Germany.

 

 

May

May 1, 2026 – Labor Day
May 14, 2026 – Ascension Day
May 25, 2026 – Whit Monday
No pickups or deliveries throughout Germany.

 

 

June

June 4, 2026 – Corpus Christi
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland.

 

 

July

Normal DPD service

 

 

August

August 8, 2026 – Augsburg Peace Festival
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the Augsburg region.

August 15, 2026 – Assumption Day
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the state of Saarland and parts of Bavaria.

 

 

September

September 20, 2026 – World Children's Day
In the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and some parts of Hesse, there will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas.

 

 

Oktober

October 3, 2026 – German Unity Day
No pickups or deliveries throughout Germany.

October 31, 2026 – Reformation Day
There will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas in the federal states of Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia.

 

 

November

November 1, 2026 – All Saints' Day
In the federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland, there will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas.


November 18, 2026 – Day of Repentance and Prayer
In the federal state of Saxony, there will be no pickups or deliveries in the affected areas.

 

 

Dezember

December 25, 2026 – Christmas Day
December 26, 2026 – Second Christmas Day
No pickups or deliveries throughout Germany.