How Many Working Days Are in 2027? By Country and Month

How Many Working Days Are in 2027? By Country and Month

01Introduction

There are 261 weekdays in 2027. After public holidays, that leaves 249 working days in the United States, 253 in the United Kingdom, 256 in Germany, 254 in France, 251 in Canada and 252 in Australia.

The gap between those numbers is bigger than it looks. Seven working days is almost a week and a half of output, payroll and delivery capacity, and it changes with the country, the region and the way each country handles holidays that land on a weekend. This guide gives you the full numbers for 2027 by country and by month, explains how they are calculated, and shows how to get the same answer from an API for any date range.

02Working days in 2027 by country

2027 starts on a Friday and is not a leap year, so it has 365 days, 104 weekend days and 261 weekdays. Subtract the public holidays that fall on a weekday and you get the number of working days.

Germany comes out on top in 2027 for an unlucky reason. Four of its nine national holidays fall on a weekend: Labour Day (Saturday 1 May), German Unity Day (Sunday 3 October), Christmas Day (Saturday) and the second day of Christmas (Sunday). Germany does not move holidays to a weekday when that happens, so German workers lose those days entirely.

The United States sits at the other end for the opposite reason. Federal holidays that fall on a Saturday are observed on the Friday before, and those on a Sunday move to the Monday after, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. In 2027 that rule moves Juneteenth to Friday 18 June, Independence Day to Monday 5 July and Christmas to Friday 24 December. It also pulls New Year's Day 2028, a Saturday, back to Friday 31 December 2027. That gives the US 12 weekday holidays in 2027 from 11 federal holidays.

03Working days by month in 2027

Monthly counts are what most people need for payroll, billing and capacity planning.

A few months stand out. May is short almost everywhere in Europe, with Ascension Day and Whit Monday in Germany and France and two bank holidays in the UK. December is short in the UK, Canada and Australia, where Christmas and Boxing Day fall on a weekend and move to Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December, as the published England and Wales bank holiday list shows. March has 23 weekdays, the most of any month, but Easter falls at the end of it this year, so only the US keeps all 23.

04How to calculate working days in a year

The formula is short:

Working days = days in the year − weekend days − public holidays that fall on a weekday

For 2027 that is 365 − 104 − holidays. The weekday count changes from year to year depending on which day the year starts. A normal year of 365 days is 52 weeks and one day, so it has 260 or 261 weekdays. A leap year has 260, 261 or 262. 2026 and 2027 both have 261. 2028 is a leap year that starts on a Saturday, so it has 260.

The holiday count is where the work is. You have to know which holidays apply, which ones fall on a weekday, and whether the country moves weekend holidays to a weekday. The US, UK, Canada and Australia do. Germany and France do not.

05Why your number might be different

The table above uses one clear holiday calendar per country. Your real number can be different for several reasons.

Regional holidays. Germany's 256 counts only the nine nationwide holidays. Bavaria adds Epiphany (Wednesday 6 January), Corpus Christi (Thursday 27 May) and All Saints' Day (Monday 1 November), which brings it down to 253. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different bank holidays from England and Wales. Each Canadian province sets its own statutory holidays, and Australian states differ on Labour Day, the King's Birthday and several local holidays.

One-off decisions. New South Wales added an extra public holiday on Monday 26 April 2027, because Anzac Day falls on a Sunday. The NSW Government has confirmed it for 2026 and 2027 only. Governments can and do add holidays at short notice, which is a good reason not to hard-code them.

Holidays that are not days off. In France, Whit Monday (17 May 2027) is a public holiday, but many employers use it as the "solidarity day", a working day whose pay funds care for elderly and disabled people. If your company does that, add one working day back.

Different weekends. Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel, have a Friday and Saturday or Friday-only weekend, so the 261-weekday starting point does not apply.

Company holidays. Many employers close between Christmas and New Year or give extra days off. The UK is a good example in 2027: with bank holidays on 27 and 28 December and a substitute bank holiday on Monday 3 January 2028, three days of annual leave on 29, 30 and 31 December give a ten-day break from Saturday 25 December to Monday 3 January.

India. India's central government publishes its holiday list for 2027 late in 2026, and several holidays follow the lunar calendar, so we have left India out until the official list is out.

06Working days vs business days

For most purposes the two terms mean the same thing: Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. The difference is context. "Working days" is common in HR and payroll, where it describes when employees are expected to work. "Business days" is common in banking, shipping and contracts, where it describes when an organization is open to process something. A bank may treat a regional holiday differently from an employer in the same city, so check which calendar a contract or SLA refers to.

07Working hours in 2027

At 8 hours a day, the number of working days converts into these annual working hours:

These are gross hours before annual leave, sick days and overtime. France's legal working week is 35 hours, or 7 hours a day, which gives 1,778 hours on the same 254 days.

08Calculate working days with an API

A table works for one year and six countries. Payroll runs, SLA timers, delivery estimates and scheduling tools need the answer for any date range, in any country, every time. That is a job for an API, not a spreadsheet you update by hand every December. If you have not worked with APIs before, our beginner's guide to APIs covers the basics.

Count the working days in a date range

The Working Day Calculator API takes a country and two dates and returns the full breakdown:

bash

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/count-working-days?country=DE&start=2027-01-01&end=2027-12-31" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

json

{
  "data": {
    "holidays": 5,
    "weekends": 104,
    "total_days": 365,
    "working_days": 256
  }
}

Change the dates to 2027-05-01 and 2027-05-31 to get a single month, or to your own pay period.

List the holidays themselves

To show users which days are off as well as how many, the Public Holidays API returns every holiday for a country and year:

bash

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/apyhub/public-holidays/holidays?country=DE&year=2027" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

json

{
  "data": [
    { "date": "2027-01-01", "name": "Neujahr" },
    { "date": "2027-03-26", "name": "Karfreitag" },
    { "date": "2027-03-29", "name": "Ostermontag" }
  ]
}

Holiday names come back in the country's primary language.

Find a deadline in business days

To answer "what date is 3 business days from 22 December?", use add mode in the Business Days Calculator API:

bash

json

The holidays_skipped field tells you why the deadline moved, which is useful to show customers.

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09Conclusion

2027 has 261 weekdays everywhere, and between 249 and 256 working days depending on the country: 249 in the US, 251 in Canada, 252 in Australia (NSW), 253 in the UK, 254 in France and 256 in Germany. The spread comes from two things: how many holidays a country has, and whether it moves the ones that fall on a weekend.

For a one-off answer, the tables above are enough. For anything that runs in software, such as payroll, SLAs, delivery dates or scheduling, calculate working days from a live holiday calendar so the answer stays right when governments add a holiday or the year rolls over.

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10FAQ

How many working days are there in 2027? 2027 has 261 weekdays. After public holidays, the US has 249 working days, the UK (England and Wales) 253, Germany 256, France 254, Canada 251 and Australia (NSW) 252.

How many weekdays are in 2027? 261. The year has 365 days and 104 weekend days.

How many working days are in each month of 2027? Between 19 and 23, depending on the month and country. May and December are the shortest in most countries, and March is the longest. See the monthly table above.

How many working hours are in 2027? At 8 hours a day, about 1,992 in the US, 2,024 in the UK and 2,048 in Germany, before annual leave.

Are working days and business days the same? In most cases, yes. Both mean Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. "Business days" is more common in banking, shipping and contracts.

Why does the US have 12 holidays on weekdays in 2027 when there are 11 federal holidays? New Year's Day 2028 falls on a Saturday, so it is observed on Friday 31 December 2027. That adds a holiday to 2027.

Does Juneteenth count in 2027? Yes. Juneteenth falls on Saturday 19 June 2027, so federal employees get Friday 18 June off.

How many working days are in 2028? 2028 is a leap year that starts on a Saturday, so it has 260 weekdays before public holidays.

How do I calculate working days between two dates? Count the weekdays in the range, then subtract the public holidays that fall on a weekday. The Working Day Calculator API does this for you and returns the breakdown in one call.

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