Working days
Working days in Portugal in 2026
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.
252
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.
9
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 | 4 | 61 |
| Q3 2026 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 4 | 62 |
By month
| Month | Weekdays | Weekday holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| June | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| November | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 3 | 20 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Ano Novo
- Fri Apr 3— Sexta-feira Santa
- Fri May 1— Dia do Trabalhador
- Thu Jun 4— Corpo de Deus
- Wed Jun 10— Dia de Portugal
- Mon Oct 5— Implantação da República
- Tue Dec 1— Restauração da Independência
- Tue Dec 8— Imaculada Conceição
- Fri Dec 25— Natal
3 further holidays fall on weekends and are not moved, so they cost no working days: Dia da Liberdade (Apr 25), Assunção de Nossa Senhora (Aug 15), Todos os Santos (Nov 1).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Portugal?
252 — 261 Mon–Fri weekdays minus 9 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 per month — but the spread matters more than the average: 66 working days in Q3 against 61 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
252 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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