Working days
Working days in Spain in 2026
Counted date by date: Monday-to-Friday weekdays, minus the national holidays that land on one, with Spain 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 | 2 | 62 |
| Q2 2026 | 65 | 2 | 63 |
| Q3 2026 | 66 | 0 | 66 |
| Q4 2026 | 66 | 5 | 61 |
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 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| November | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| December | 23 | 3 | 20 |
The holidays behind the subtraction
- Thu Jan 1— Año Nuevo
- Tue Jan 6— Epifanía del Señor
- Fri Apr 3— Viernes Santo
- Fri May 1— Fiesta del Trabajo
- Mon Oct 12— Fiesta Nacional de España
- Mon Nov 2— Todos los Santos (moved off a weekend by substitution rules)
- Mon Dec 7— Día de la Constitución (moved off a weekend by substitution rules)
- Tue Dec 8— Inmaculada Concepción
- Fri Dec 25— Navidad
One further holiday falls on a weekend and is not moved, so it costs no working day: Asunción de la Virgen (Aug 15).
Common questions
How many working days does 2026 have in Spain?
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 Q4. 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: Estatuto de los Trabajadores art. 37.2, rules last verified 2026-08-03. Nationwide holidays only. Regional and municipal fiestas are excluded, as is Maundy Thursday (a holiday everywhere except Catalonia and Valencia), so every Spanish worker gets local days not listed here. A nationwide holiday falling on a Sunday transfers to the immediately following Monday, as the Estatuto de los Trabajadores requires; one falling on a Saturday is lost.
Now subtract your actual team
252 days is the calendar’s ceiling for one person in Spain. 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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