Working days
Working days in Italy in 2026
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with Italy 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 | 2 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | 65 | 3 | 62 |
| Q3 2026 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 2 | 64 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| June | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| November | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 2 | 21 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Capodanno
- Tue Jan 6— Epifania
- Mon Apr 6— Lunedì dell'Angelo
- Fri May 1— Festa del Lavoro
- Tue Jun 2— Festa della Repubblica
- Tue Dec 8— Immacolata Concezione
- Fri Dec 25— Natale
4 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Festa della Liberazione (Apr 25), Ferragosto (Aug 15), Ognissanti (Nov 1), Santo Stefano (Dec 26).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Italy?
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 62 in Q1. 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: Legge 260/1949, rules last verified 2026-08-03. National holidays only; each municipality's patron saint day (29 June in Rome, 7 December in Milan) is excluded. Easter Sunday is omitted; it never falls on a working day. Italy has no weekend substitution.
Now subtract your actual team
254 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Italy. 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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