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Sunday shopping in the canton of Zurich 2026

202 documented trading days in the canton of Zurich – with the cantonal rule, the statutory hours and an official source per date.

Key takeaway
The first documented Sunday opening in the canton of Zurich falls on Sunday, 25 January 2026.
·Every date checked individually at the source
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Sunday shopping in the canton of Zurich 2026
202
Events
63 municipalities
202
of which confirmed
confirmed
25 January 2026
First date
Zurich
0
date still open
not published yet

📅 202 dates 2026 with municipality and evidence

Every trading Sunday we read in the official publication for the canton of Zurich — 202 of them with a confirmed date. Filter by municipality, weekday and evidence status.

The first documented Sunday opening in the canton of Zurich falls on Sunday, 25 January 2026.

Evidence status
202 of 202 events
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⚖️ The cantonal rule in the words of the act

Who designates the Sundays, how many are permitted, what hours the act itself fixes — and is there a second ceiling per shop? The canton of Zurich decides that, not the town, which is why it does not sit with the individual date.

Counted per
municipality
At most
4
Authorised by
municipality
Hours in the law
–

The law prescribes no opening hours of its own — the shop's usual hours apply.

Designation is per municipality — your town may have different days than the next one.

Amt fuer Wirtschaft, Arbeitsinspektorat, Schreiben an die Staedte und Gemeinden vom 10.02.2025: «Die Gemeinden im Kanton Zuerich koennen wie bisher pro Jahr maximal vier Sonntage fuer das ganze Gemeindegebiet bestimmen, an denen die Verkaufsgeschaefte bewilligungsfrei Arbeitnehmende beschaeftigen duerfen.» Hoechstens zwei Sonntage nacheinander (Art. 20 Abs. 1 ArG). Die gemeldeten Daten fuehrt der Kanton in einer oeffentlichen Tabelle je Gemeinde. Sonderfall Stadt Zuerich: Bewilligungen ueber das Kommissariat Verwaltungspolizei der Stadtpolizei.

Zurich · § 5 Abs. 3 RLG ZH i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG · Source

🔎 Sunday Radar — is this Sunday open?

The Sunday Radar by Conviva Plus, set here to the canton of Zurich: type a date and out comes the verdict with hours, statutory rule and source — instead of four municipal sites side by side.

Sunday Radar by Conviva Plus

Pick a canton and a date — and see what actually applies that day.

The law prescribes no opening hours of its own — the shop's usual hours apply.

Designation is per municipality — your town may have different days than the next one.

What the law says: § 5 Abs. 3 RLG ZH i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG · Source

Next documented date: 25 January 2026 · Regensdorf

The rule in 12 cantons — read at the legal source

CantonCounted perAt mostHours in the lawAuthorised byLegal basis
AGcanton + municipality3–canton§ 7 Einführungsgesetz zum Arbeitsrecht AG (SAR 961.200)
BLcanton4–canton§§ 7–9 Ruhetagsgesetz BL (SGS 547), Stand 01.12.2019
BScanton213:00–18:00canton§ 4a Abs. 1 RLG BS (SG 811.100) i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG
BEcanton4 (2)10:00–18:00cantonArt. 19 Abs. 6 ArG i.V.m. Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG (BSG 935.11)
LUmunicipality2–municipality§ 9 Abs. 4 Ruhetags- und Ladenschlussgesetz LU (SRL 855)
SHmunicipality2–municipalityArt. 11 lit. b Ruhetagsgesetz SH (SHR 900.200), Stand 01.01.2007
SZshop4–canton§ 5 Abs. 3 Ruhetagsgesetz SZ (SRSZ 545.110), vom 21.11.2001
SOcanton4–canton§§ 13, 15 und 16 EG ArG SO (BGS 822.13), vom 13.06.2010
SGshop412:00–17:00municipalityArt. 12 Abs. 1 lit. b und Abs. 3 RLG SG (sGS 552.1)
TGshop408:00–20:00municipality§ 6 Abs. 3 und 4 Gesetz über die Ladenöffnungszeiten TG (LöG, RB 554.11), vom 27.02.2002
VSmunicipality2––18:30municipalityArt. 6 Abs. 2 und 3 Gesetz betreffend die Ladenöffnung VS (SGS 822.20), Stand 01.12.2018
ZHmunicipality4–municipality§ 5 Abs. 3 RLG ZH i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG
14 cantons we have not read yet

They are deliberately absent from the table. An unread canton is an open question, not a zero — and while even one is missing, none of our pages claims «all cantons».

Appenzell Innerrhoden · Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Fribourg · Geneva · Glarus · Grisons · Jura · Neuchâtel · Nidwalden · Obwalden · Ticino · Uri · Vaud · Zug

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🏘️ 63 municipalities and their dates

The municipalities of the canton of Zurich with a documented trading Sunday in 2026. For 2 towns we keep a page of their own with the legal detail.

🔀 57 date patterns across the municipalities

The canton sets the frame, the municipality fills it — and they fill it very differently: according to the ConvivaPlus-Analyse, 51 of the 63 municipalities hold a sequence of dates no other holds, and only 37 use up the 4 Sundays allowed. That appears in no official table — it is computed from 202 documented dates.

57
date combinations
63 municipalities
51
unique in the canton
municipalities
20 December 2026
The shared day
in 49 municipalities
37/63
use all 4
statutory maximum

📊 Season comparison of the trading Sundays

Where the trading Sundays of the canton of Zurich fall across the year. Advent is the expectation — the record shows dates from January to December.

📊 Season comparison
FebMarAprMay
  • Regensdorf
  • Rüschlikon
  • Wetzikon
  • Kappel am Albis
  • Embrach
  • Affoltern am Albis
  • Fällanden
  • Mönchaltorf
  • Ottenbach
  • Seuzach
  • Stäfa
  • Winterthur
  • Dietikon
  • Dietlikon
  • Feuerthalen
  • Kleinandelfingen
  • Mettmenstetten
  • Pfäffikon ZH
  • Rafz
  • Seegräben
  • Turbenthal
  • Uster
  • Volketswil
  • Wädenswil
  • Zell ZH
  • Bauma
  • Eglisau
  • Geroldswil
  • Hinwil
  • Rümlang
  • Richterswil
  • Hedingen
  • Horgen
  • Langnau am Albis
  • Schlieren
  • Bonstetten
  • Lufingen
  • Bachenbülach
  • Buchs ZH
  • Dielsdorf
  • Erlenbach ZH
  • Obfelden
  • Steinmaur
  • Zürich
  • Illnau-Effretikon
  • Wald ZH
  • Freienstein-Teufen
  • Otelfingen
  • Rorbas
  • Wallisellen
  • Adliswil
  • Bülach
  • Kloten
  • Meilen
  • Neftenbach
  • Opfikon-Glattbrugg
  • Uitikon
  • Egg
  • Niederhasli
  • Thalwil
  • Dällikon
  • Hombrechtikon
  • Zumikon

🗺️ 4 cantons compared

The canton of Zurich carries 202 of the 217 trading days documented across Switzerland. No canton regulates it the same way — and none exhausts the federal ceiling in the same manner.

In the canton of Zurich we hold 202 trading days across 63 municipalities, 202 of them with a confirmed date. Every entry was read individually in the official publication; where nothing is published for 2026, that is shown as open and not as an estimate.

CantonEventsof which confirmedFirst date
Zurich20220225 January 2026
Bern886 April 2026
Basel-Stadt2213 December 2026
Solothurn2013 December 2026 · rule, not confirmed

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Miriam Frei
Miriam Frei

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