Working days in Finland, 2026
Finland has 252 working days in 2026: the year's 261 weekdays, minus the 9 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 | 2 | 19 |
| June | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| 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 | 9 | 252 |
- The fullest month is July with 23 working days; the lightest is May with 19.
- 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 9 nationwide holidays falling on weekdays come from the same dataset as the Finland public holidays 2026 page, which lists each one with the weekday it lands on — and how Finland's holiday system works:
- Midsummer Eve and Christmas Eve are the two days Finland effectively shuts down, though their day-off status comes from collective agreements rather than statute.
- Epiphany and Ascension survive as full public holidays, which most of Europe has trimmed.
- There is no substitution when a holiday falls at a weekend.
Print it
The calendar maker opens on 2026 with Finland holidays marked, ready to print — and the 2026 calendar page carries the year's other numbers.