Working days in Portugal, 2026
Portugal has 252 working days in 2026: 365 calendar days, minus 104 Saturday and Sunday rest days and 9 public holidays that fall on working days. 4 more holidays fall on the weekend and cost nothing. At the national 09:00–18:00 office day, that is about 2268 working hours.
| Month | Working days | Lost to holidays |
|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 1 |
| February | 20 | — |
| March | 22 | — |
| April | 21 | 1 |
| May | 20 | 1 |
| June | 20 | 2 |
| July | 23 | — |
| August | 21 | — |
| September | 22 | — |
| October | 21 | 1 |
| November | 21 | — |
| December | 20 | 3 |
| 2026 | 252 | 9 |
The holidays that cost a day
Only the ones landing on a working day — a holiday on the weekend is a day off you already had.
- Thu 1 Jan Ano Novo
- Fri 3 Apr Sexta-Feira Santa
- Fri 1 May Dia do trabalhador
- Thu 4 Jun Corpo de Deus
- Wed 10 Jun Dia de Portugal
- Mon 5 Oct Implantação da República
- Tue 1 Dec Restauração da Independência
- Tue 8 Dec Imaculada Conceição
- Fri 25 Dec Natal
The weekend used is Portugal's own — Saturday and Sunday — and the hours figure uses the national 09:00–18:00 office convention, not a blanket nine-to-five.
Sources and last check
Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.
- Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
- Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only, including statutory substitute days; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar. Regenerate on every date-holidays upgrade: the 25 July build silently lacked Korea's substitute days because the installed package predated them. Known upstream gap: El Salvador — the source lists 8 public days where Nager.Date confirms ~20, and files New Year's Day as an observance; we publish what the source holds rather than invent, and the weekly Nager run tracks the gap. - Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
- Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.
FAQ
How many working days does Portugal have in 2026?
252. That is 365 calendar days minus 104 weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) and 9 public holidays on working days.
Which month has the most working days?
July, with 23. February has the fewest at 20.
Is 2026 a good year for working days in Portugal?
2025 had 251; 2027 has 253. The differences come from leap days and from holidays walking on and off the weekend as the calendar shifts.
Other years: 2025, 2027, 2028 · All holidays in Portugal 2026 · Office hours in Portugal