Working days in Belgium, 2026
Belgium has 251 working days in 2026: the year's 261 weekdays, minus the 10 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 | 1 | 21 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| April | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| May | 21 | 4 | 17 |
| June | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| July | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| August | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| November | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| Total | 261 | 10 | 251 |
- The fullest month is March with 22 working days; the lightest is May with 17.
- 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 10 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the Belgium public holidays 2026 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how Belgium's holiday system works:
- Belgium has ten public holidays, and a rule that protects them: when one falls at a weekend, the employer must grant a replacement day, chosen by agreement — often bridging to a long weekend.
- Regional celebration days exist (the communities each have their own feast day) but are not general public holidays; the ten national dates are what binds.
- Ascension always creates a Thursday holiday, and the Friday after is Belgium’s most common bridge day.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2026 with Belgium holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2026 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.