Working days in Australia, 2026
Australia has 255 working days in 2026: the year's 261 weekdays, minus the 6 nationwide public holidays that land on one. The month-by-month table below is computed from the same holiday data the calendar maker prints.
Month by month
| Month | Weekdays | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| May | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 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 | 2 | 21 |
| Total | 261 | 6 | 255 |
- The fullest month is July with 23 working days; the lightest is January with 20.
- Counts use nationwide holidays only — regional ones (a state day in the US, a cantonal day in Switzerland) reduce the total further where they apply.
- Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Half-day customs — a Christmas Eve afternoon, a Bayram eve — are not subtracted.
Which holidays are subtracted
The 6 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the Australia public holidays 2026 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how Australia's holiday system works:
- Australia runs holidays mostly at state and territory level: beyond a national core, each state proclaims its own — from Melbourne Cup Day in Victoria to Picnic Day in the Northern Territory.
- The same holiday can fall on different dates in different states — both Labour Day and the King’s Birthday move around the country.
- Substitute days are common when a holiday lands at a weekend; the proclaimed observed date is what appears here.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2026 with Australia holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2026 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.