Working days
Working days in Brazil in 2025
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with Brazil substitution rules applied. Computed from the cited statute — not a hand-maintained table.
255
working days in 2025
What a Mon–Fri team can actually plan against, before anyone books time off.
261
weekdays
Mon–Fri dates in the year, before holidays are subtracted.
6
weekday holidays
Distinct weekdays removed by national holidays — weekend holidays cost nothing.
By quarter
| Quarter | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 64 | 1 | 63 |
| Q2 2025 | 65 | 3 | 62 |
| Q3 2025 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2025 | 66 | 2 | 64 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| April | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| May | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| June | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| November | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Wed Jan 1— Confraternização Universal
- Fri Apr 18— Paixão de Cristo
- Mon Apr 21— Tiradentes
- Thu May 1— Dia do Trabalho
- Thu Nov 20— Consciência Negra
- Thu Dec 25— Natal
4 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Independência do Brasil (Sep 7), Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Oct 12), Finados (Nov 2), Proclamação da República (Nov 15).
Common questions
How many working days does 2025 have in Brazil?
255 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 6 national holidays that land on a weekday. Regional and local holidays sit outside the national set and would lower the number further where they apply.
How many working days is that per month, on average?
About 21.3 per month — but the spread matters more than the average: 66 working days in Q3 against 62 in Q2. A plan that assumes a flat month overcommits exactly where the calendar is thinnest.
Does this include vacation or booked time off?
No — this is the ceiling the calendar sets before anyone books leave. A team’s real capacity subtracts each person’s time off and part-time arrangement from these days; that is what the capacity calculator computes for a whole team, per member country.
Rule source: Lei 662/1949 and Lei 10.607/2002, rules last verified 2026-08-03. Statutory national holidays only; state and municipal holidays are excluded. Carnival Monday and Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Corpus Christi are federally optional days (ponto facultativo) rather than statutory holidays and are not counted, though many workplaces close for Carnival — so read this set as a floor. Black Consciousness Day counts from 2024, when it became national. Brazil has no weekend substitution.
Now subtract your actual team
255 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Brazil. A real team spans countries, books leave, and works part-time — the calculator does that arithmetic for your headcount in seconds, no account.
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