Working days
Working days in Portugal in 2025
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with Portugal substitution rules applied. Computed from the cited statute — not a hand-maintained table.
251
working days in 2025
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.
10
weekday holidays
Distinct weekdays removed by national holidays — weekend holidays cost nothing.
By quarter
| Quarter | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 64 | 1 | 63 |
| Q2 2025 | 65 | 5 | 60 |
| Q3 2025 | 66 | 1 | 65 |
| Q4 2025 | 66 | 3 | 63 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| April | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| May | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| June | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| November | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| December | 23 | 3 | 20 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Wed Jan 1— Ano Novo
- Fri Apr 18— Sexta-feira Santa
- Fri Apr 25— Dia da Liberdade
- Thu May 1— Dia do Trabalhador
- Tue Jun 10— Dia de Portugal
- Thu Jun 19— Corpo de Deus
- Fri Aug 15— Assunção de Nossa Senhora
- Mon Dec 1— Restauração da Independência
- Mon Dec 8— Imaculada Conceição
- Thu Dec 25— Natal
2 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Implantação da República (Oct 5), Todos os Santos (Nov 1).
Common questions
How many working days does 2025 have in Portugal?
251 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 10 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 20.9 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: Código do Trabalho art. 234, rules last verified 2026-08-03. Mandatory national holidays only. Municipal holidays (Lisbon 13 June, Porto 24 June) and the Azores and Madeira regional days are excluded, and Carnival Tuesday is granted by annual government decision rather than statute so it is not counted, though most workplaces close. Easter Sunday is omitted; it never falls on a working day. Portugal has no weekend substitution.
Now subtract your actual team
251 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Portugal. 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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