Working days
Working days in Netherlands in 2027
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.
254
working days in 2027
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 2027 | 64 | 3 | 61 |
| Q2 2027 | 65 | 4 | 61 |
| Q3 2027 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2027 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 3 | 18 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| August | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| November | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| December | 23 | 0 | 23 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Fri Jan 1— Nieuwjaarsdag
- Fri Mar 26— Goede Vrijdag
- Mon Mar 29— Tweede Paasdag
- Tue Apr 27— Koningsdag
- Wed May 5— Bevrijdingsdag
- Thu May 6— Hemelvaartsdag
- Mon May 17— Tweede Pinksterdag
2 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Eerste Kerstdag (Dec 25), Tweede Kerstdag (Dec 26).
Common questions
How many working days does 2027 have in Netherlands?
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 61 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: 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
254 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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