Working days
Working days in France in 2026
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with France 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 | 5 | 60 |
| Q3 2026 | 66 | 1 | 65 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 2 | 64 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 4 | 17 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| November | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Jour de l'an
- Mon Apr 6— Lundi de Pâques
- Fri May 1— Fête du Travail
- Fri May 8— Victoire 1945
- Thu May 14— Ascension
- Mon May 25— Lundi de Pentecôte
- Tue Jul 14— Fête nationale
- Wed Nov 11— Armistice 1918
- Fri Dec 25— Noël
2 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Assomption (Aug 15), Toussaint (Nov 1).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in France?
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 60 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: Code du travail art. L3133-1, rules last verified 2026-08-03. Mainland national holidays only. Alsace-Moselle additionally has Good Friday and 26 December, and the overseas departments have their own abolition-of-slavery days — all excluded. Whit Monday is worked in some organisations as the journée de solidarité. France has no weekend substitution.
Now subtract your actual team
252 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in France. A real team spans countries, books leave, and works part-time — the calculator does that arithmetic for your headcount in seconds, no account.
France in other years: 2025 · 2027 · all countries