Christmas markets in the canton of St. Gallen 2026
3 verified Christmas markets in the canton of St. Gallen – with date range, opening hours and source for every entry.
Checked at the source: 3 of 3 dates confirmed · as of 6 October 2026
Christmas markets in the canton of St. Gallen
2 places, each with dates and a checked source
📅 3 markets 2026 with run and closure days
St. Gallen (Gallusplatz) opens the season in the canton of St. Gallen, on Thursday, 26 November 2026 — and it is also the last to close, on 24 December 2026. 3 of the 3 markets carry a run documented at the source; filter by place, weekday and evidence status.
The first verified Christmas market in the canton of St. Gallen opens on Thursday, 26 November 2026.
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Meeting point
- Gallusplatz, St. Gallen
- Organiser
- Sternenstadt St.Gallen
More than 600 stars hang in a specially choreographed light installation above the old town – the only market on the list whose lighting is choreographed on purpose and gets a dated opening; the market below it is the encore.
Good to know- Sternissage (opening of the light choreography): Thursday, 26 November 2026, 18:30–19:30, Marktgasse.
- The decorated Christmas tree stands on Klosterplatz in the UNESCO World Heritage abbey precinct.
Everything on St. Gallen · Gallusplatz→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The organiser has published this 2026 date themselves.
- Opening hours
- Wed 09.12 14:00–21:00 · Thu 03./10./17.12 14:00–21:00 · Fri 04./11./18.12 14:00–21:00 · Sat 05./12./19.12 11:00–21:00 · Sun 06./13./20.12 11:00–19:30
- Meeting point
- Mittelalterliche Altstadt Rapperswil, zwei Gehminuten ab Bahnhof
- Organiser
- Christkindlimärt Rapperswil-Jona
Not a continuous market but three blocks – and that is exactly what almost every overview misses: on five days in the middle of the period nothing happens at all.
Good to know- ⛔ CLOSED DAYS: on 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 December 2026 there is no market.
- First weekend 3–6.12 and third weekend 17–20.12, each with around 100 exhibitors.
- The big Christkindlimärt with more than 200 stalls runs from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 December 2026 – now over five days instead of four.
Everything on Rapperswil-Jona→
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 8 September 2026
The municipality has published this 2026 date.
- Start
- 15:00
- Opening hours
- Friday 15:00–21:00, Saturday 12:00–21:00, Sunday 10:00–17:00
- Meeting point
- Wiler Altstadt und Fussgängerzone
- Organiser
- Stadt Wil
Over 50 decorated sales huts and around 50 further stalls in the old town and pedestrian zone – three days, each with its own opening hours.
Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 6 October 2026
🕐 2 opening hours closure days included
A market running «28 November to 24 December» still has days when nothing happens — and at the weekend it often stays open two hours longer. That is exactly what stands here, in the organiser's own words.
Wed 09.12 14:00–21:00 · Thu 03./10./17.12 14:00–21:00 · Fri 04./11./18.12 14:00–21:00 · Sat 05./12./19.12 11:00–21:00 · Sun 06./13./20.12 11:00–19:30
Friday 15:00–21:00, Saturday 12:00–21:00, Sunday 10:00–17:00
🏘️ 3 municipalities with organiser and run
No two of the 3 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen share the same run — each keeps its own calendar. For 2 of them we keep a page of their own: stall count, closure days and what the organiser actually published.
- St. Gallen · Gallusplatz — Sternenstadt St.Gallen mit Weihnachtsmarkt am Gallusplatz, Sternenstadt St.Gallen, 26 November 2026.
- Rapperswil-Jona — Christkindlimärt Rapperswil-Jona, Christkindlimärt Rapperswil-Jona, 3 December 2026.
- Wil SG — Weihnachtsmarkt Altstadt Wil, Stadt Wil, 4 December 2026.
📍 Location and access of the markets
Two markets in the same town rarely stand in the same place, and «old town» is not a route. Hence every published location separately — the square, the station, the lane.
- Meeting point
- Gallusplatz, St. Gallen
- Meeting point
- Mittelalterliche Altstadt Rapperswil, zwei Gehminuten ab Bahnhof
- Meeting point
- Wiler Altstadt und Fussgängerzone
🎒 Entry and weather — what the organiser announces
Is there an entry fee, is there a programme, and what happens in a storm? These are the details an aggregator drops because they differ from market to market — which is exactly why they stand here.
- Good to know
- Sternissage (opening of the light choreography): Thursday, 26 November 2026, 18:30–19:30, Marktgasse. · The decorated Christmas tree stands on Klosterplatz in the UNESCO World Heritage abbey precinct.
- Good to know
- ⛔ CLOSED DAYS: on 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 December 2026 there is no market. · First weekend 3–6.12 and third weekend 17–20.12, each with around 100 exhibitors. · The big Christkindlimärt with more than 200 stalls runs from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 December 2026 – now over five days instead of four.
📊 Season comparison of the markets in this canton
The market in St. Gallen (Gallusplatz) runs 29 days, the one in Wil SG just 3 — same canton, a season of 29 calendar days. The bar shows where each market sits in the window, and who has closed before others open.
- Wil SG
🗺️ 12 cantons compared
5% of all markets we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of St. Gallen: 3 of 55. The table sets it beside the other 11 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the survey grows next.
In the canton of St. Gallen we list 3 Christmas markets across 3 towns, 3 of them with a confirmed date range. Every entry is checked individually at its source; where nothing is published, it says open rather than showing an estimate.
| Canton | Events | of which confirmed | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 6 | 6 | 18 November 2026 |
| Aargau | 3 | 3 | 3 December 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Bern | 3 | 3 | 19 November 2026 |
| Fribourg | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Grisons | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Lucerne | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| St. Gallen | 3 | 3 | 26 November 2026 |
| Ticino | 3 | 2 | 19 November 2026 |
| Thurgau | 3 | 3 | 28 November 2026 |
| Vaud | 3 | 3 | 20 November 2026 |
| Valais | 3 | 3 | 4 December 2026 |
❓ Common questions about the canton
Short and sourced: every answer is calculated from the 3 checked entries for the canton of St. Gallen, not estimated.
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