Working days
Working days in Brazil in 2026
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.
252
working days in 2026
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.
9
weekday holidays
Distinct weekdays removed by national holidays — weekend holidays cost nothing.
By quarter
| Quarter | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 64 | 1 | 63 |
| Q2 2026 | 65 | 3 | 62 |
| Q3 2026 | 66 | 1 | 65 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 4 | 62 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| May | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| October | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| November | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Confraternização Universal
- Fri Apr 3— Paixão de Cristo
- Tue Apr 21— Tiradentes
- Fri May 1— Dia do Trabalho
- Mon Sep 7— Independência do Brasil
- Mon Oct 12— Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- Mon Nov 2— Finados
- Fri Nov 20— Consciência Negra
- Fri Dec 25— Natal
One further holiday falls on a weekend and is not moved, so it costs no working day: Proclamação da República (Nov 15).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Brazil?
252 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 9 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 per month — but the spread matters more than the average: 65 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
252 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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