Working days in Latvia in 2018
There are 233 working days in Latvia in 2018, counting Monday to Friday and excluding 29 public holidays that fall on a weekday. That is from 365 calendar days, with 104 weekend days removed.
Working days
233
Mon-Fri, holidays removed
Weekend days
104
Saturdays + Sundays
Weekday holidays
29
17 more fall on weekends
Avg / month
19.4
working days per month
Month-by-month working days in 2018
| Month | Days | Weekends | Holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| April | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| September | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| Total | 365 | 104 | 29 | 233 |
Public holidays excluded from the 2018 working-day count
These are the 29 public holidays in Latvia that land on a weekday in 2018 and therefore remove a working day. Holidays that fall on a weekend are not listed here because they do not change the working-day total.
- New Year's DayMon, Jan 1
- Day of the International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of LatviaFri, Jan 26
- International Women's DayThu, Mar 8
- Good FridayFri, Mar 30
- Easter MondayMon, Apr 2
- Latgale Congress DayFri, Apr 27
- Labour DayTue, May 1
- Day of the Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of LatviaTue, May 1
- Day of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of LatviaFri, May 4
- Day of the Defeat of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War IITue, May 8
- Europe DayWed, May 9
- International Day of the FamilyTue, May 15
- Firefighter and Rescuer DayThu, May 17
- International Day for Protection of ChildrenFri, Jun 1
- Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorThu, Jun 14
- Heroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)Fri, Jun 22
- Commemoration Day of Genocide Against the JewsWed, Jul 4
- Final Day of the Nationwide Latvian Song and Dance CelebrationMon, Jul 9
- Day of the Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a StateTue, Aug 21
- Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and NazismThu, Aug 23
- Day of the Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to LatviaMon, Sep 24
- International Day of Older PersonsMon, Oct 1
- Border Guards DayWed, Nov 7
- Day of the Proclamation of the Republic of LatviaMon, Nov 19
- Police DayWed, Dec 5
- Christmas EveMon, Dec 24
- Christmas DayTue, Dec 25
- Second day of ChristmasWed, Dec 26
- New Year's EveMon, Dec 31
How working days in Latvia are counted in 2018
The 233 working days shown above are the 365 calendar days of 2018, minus the 104 Saturdays and Sundays, minus the 29 public holidays that land on a weekday. Holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are not subtracted, because they do not remove a day anyone would have worked; in 2018 that applies to 17 of Latvia's public holidays. At a standard eight-hour day, 233 working days works out to roughly 1,864 working hours across the year, before any annual leave is taken.
A working day in Latvia is generally any day from Monday to Friday that is not a public holiday. The count above uses that standard business-week definition, which is the basis most payroll systems, court filing rules, and commercial contracts use when they specify a number of business days. If your organisation treats Saturday as a partial working day, or observes regional holidays beyond the national list, the real total for your situation will differ slightly from the national figure shown here.
The working-day total is not evenly distributed across the year. Some months carry several public holidays while others have none, so the month-by-month table above is the figure to use for payroll, billing, and project planning rather than a flat assumption of about 19.4 working days per month. A holiday that lands on a Friday or Monday also creates a long weekend, which changes travel and delivery patterns for the days on either side even though it only removes one working day from the count.
When a public holiday in Latvia falls on a weekend, many jurisdictions grant a substitute day off on the nearest weekday. Where the source data records that substitution, the observed weekday is what reduces the working-day total; the original weekend date does not. For legally binding deadlines counted in business days, always confirm the observed holiday dates against the official calendar, because regional variations and one-off proclamations can shift the count.
To see the individual dates, the day of the week each holiday lands on, and the full official list, open the Latvia holiday calendar for 2018. You can subscribe to those dates as an .ics feed so they appear in your own calendar, or use the working-days-between-two-dates calculator to count business days for a specific date range rather than the whole year.
Working-day figures are computed from the public holiday list for Latvia (source: Nager.Date and the national references above) combined with a Monday-to-Friday business week. Regional holidays and substitute-day rules vary; confirm against the official calendar for legal or payroll use.