Working days in South Africa, 2025
South Africa has 250 working days in 2025: 365 calendar days, minus 104 Saturday and Sunday rest days and 11 public holidays that fall on working days. 2 more holidays fall on the weekend and cost nothing. At the national 08:00–17:00 office day, that is about 2250 working hours.
| Month | Working days | Lost to holidays |
|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 1 |
| February | 20 | — |
| March | 20 | 1 |
| April | 19 | 3 |
| May | 21 | 1 |
| June | 20 | 1 |
| July | 23 | — |
| August | 21 | — |
| September | 21 | 1 |
| October | 23 | — |
| November | 20 | — |
| December | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 250 | 11 |
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.
- Wed 1 Jan New Year's Day
- Fri 21 Mar Human Rights Day
- Fri 18 Apr Good Friday
- Mon 21 Apr Family Day
- Mon 28 Apr Public Holiday
- Thu 1 May Workers' Day
- Mon 16 Jun Youth Day
- Wed 24 Sep Heritage Day
- Tue 16 Dec Day of Reconciliation
- Thu 25 Dec Christmas Day
- Fri 26 Dec Day of Goodwill
The weekend used is South Africa's own — Saturday and Sunday — 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 South Africa have in 2025?
250. That is 365 calendar days minus 104 weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) and 11 public holidays on working days.
Which month has the most working days?
July, with 23. April has the fewest at 19, 3 of its holidays landing on workdays.
Is 2025 a good year for working days in South Africa?
2026 has 251. The differences come from leap days and from holidays walking on and off the weekend as the calendar shifts.
Other years: 2026, 2027, 2028 · All holidays in South Africa 2025 · Office hours in South Africa