Working days
Working days in Netherlands in 2026
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with the substitution rules applied. Computed from the cited statute — not a hand-maintained table.
253
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.
8
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 | 6 | 59 |
| 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 | 3 | 19 |
| 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— Nieuwjaarsdag
- Fri Apr 3— Goede Vrijdag
- Mon Apr 6— Tweede Paasdag
- Mon Apr 27— Koningsdag
- Tue May 5— Bevrijdingsdag
- Thu May 14— Hemelvaartsdag
- Mon May 25— Tweede Pinksterdag
- Fri Dec 25— Eerste Kerstdag
One further holiday falls on a weekend and is not moved, so it costs no working day: Tweede Kerstdag (Dec 26).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Netherlands?
253 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 8 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 21.1 per month — but the spread matters more than the average: 66 working days in Q3 against 59 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: Algemene termijnenwet art. 3, rules last verified 2026-08-03. Good Friday is officially recognised but commonly worked, and Liberation Day (5 May) is a paid day off only where a collective agreement grants it — both are counted here, so read this set as an upper bound. Easter and Whit Sunday are omitted; they never fall on a working day. The Netherlands has no weekend substitution.
Now subtract your actual team
253 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Netherlands. 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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