Working days
Working days in Germany in 2026
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with Germany substitution rules applied. Computed from the cited statute — not a hand-maintained table.
254
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.
7
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 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 1 | 65 |
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 | 3 | 18 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| November | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Neujahrstag
- Fri Apr 3— Karfreitag
- Mon Apr 6— Ostermontag
- Fri May 1— Tag der Arbeit
- Thu May 14— Christi Himmelfahrt
- Mon May 25— Pfingstmontag
- Fri Dec 25— Erster Weihnachtstag
2 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Tag der Deutschen Einheit (Oct 3), Zweiter Weihnachtstag (Dec 26).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Germany?
254 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 7 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 21.2 per month — but the spread matters more than the average: 66 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: Feiertagsgesetze of the Länder, rules last verified 2026-08-03. The nine nationwide holidays only. Many German holidays are set per Bundesland — Epiphany, Corpus Christi, Assumption, Reformation Day, All Saints and Repentance Day among them — so a Bavarian or Saxon team loses more days than this shows. Germany has no weekend substitution: a holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday is simply lost.
Now subtract your actual team
254 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Germany. 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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