Working days in Saudi Arabia, 2026
Saudi Arabia has 257 working days in 2026: 365 calendar days, minus 104 Friday and Saturday rest days and 4 public holidays that fall on working days. At the national 08:00–17:00 office day, that is about 2313 working hours.
| Month | Working days | Lost to holidays |
|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | — |
| February | 19 | 1 |
| March | 22 | 1 |
| April | 22 | — |
| May | 20 | 1 |
| June | 22 | — |
| July | 22 | — |
| August | 22 | — |
| September | 21 | 1 |
| October | 21 | — |
| November | 22 | — |
| December | 23 | — |
| 2026 | 257 | 4 |
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.
- Sun 22 Feb يوم التأسيس
- Thu 19 Mar عيد الفطر
- Tue 26 May عيد الأضحى
- Wed 23 Sep اليوم الوطني
The weekend used is Saudi Arabia's own — Friday and Saturday — and the hours figure uses the national 08:00–17:00 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 Saudi Arabia have in 2026?
257. That is 365 calendar days minus 104 weekend days (Friday and Saturday) and 4 public holidays on working days.
Which month has the most working days?
December, with 23. February has the fewest at 19, 1 of its holidays landing on workdays.
Is 2026 a good year for working days in Saudi Arabia?
2025 had 258; 2027 has 257. 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 Saudi Arabia 2026 · Office hours in Saudi Arabia