Working days in Latvia in 2026
There are 230 working days in Latvia in 2026, counting Monday to Friday and excluding 32 public holidays that fall on a weekday. That is from 365 calendar days, with 104 weekend days removed.
Working days
230
Mon-Fri, holidays removed
Weekend days
104
Saturdays + Sundays
Weekday holidays
32
17 more fall on weekends
Avg / month
19.2
working days per month
Month-by-month working days in 2026
| Month | Days | Weekends | Holidays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| Total | 365 | 104 | 32 | 230 |
Public holidays excluded from the 2026 working-day count
These are the 32 public holidays in Latvia that land on a weekday in 2026 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 DayThu, Jan 1
- Commemoration Day of Defenders of the Barricades in 1991Tue, Jan 20
- Day of the International (de jure) Recognition of the Republic of LatviaMon, Jan 26
- World Non-Governmental Organization DayFri, Feb 27
- National Partisan Armed Resistance Remembrance DayMon, Mar 2
- National Resistance Movement Remembrance DayTue, Mar 17
- Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist TerrorWed, Mar 25
- Good FridayFri, Apr 3
- Easter MondayMon, Apr 6
- Latgale Congress DayMon, Apr 27
- Labour DayFri, May 1
- Day of the Convocation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of LatviaFri, May 1
- Day of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of LatviaMon, May 4
- Day of the Defeat of Nazism and Commemoration Day of Victims of World War IIFri, May 8
- International Day of the FamilyFri, May 15
- International Day for Protection of ChildrenMon, Jun 1
- Day of the Occupation of the Republic of LatviaWed, Jun 17
- Heroes' Commemoration Day (Anniversary of the Battle of Cēsis)Mon, Jun 22
- Līgo DayTue, Jun 23
- Jāņi DayWed, Jun 24
- Latvian Freedom Fighters' Remembrance DayTue, Aug 11
- Day of the Passing of the Constitutional Law on the Status of the Republic of Latvia as a StateFri, Aug 21
- Knowledge DayTue, Sep 1
- Baltic Unity DayTue, Sep 22
- International Day of Older PersonsThu, Oct 1
- Teachers' DayMon, Oct 5
- Official Language DayThu, Oct 15
- Lāčplēsis DayWed, Nov 11
- Day of the Proclamation of the Republic of LatviaWed, Nov 18
- Christmas EveThu, Dec 24
- Christmas DayFri, Dec 25
- New Year's EveThu, Dec 31
How working days in Latvia are counted in 2026
The 230 working days shown above are the 365 calendar days of 2026, minus the 104 Saturdays and Sundays, minus the 32 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 2026 that applies to 17 of Latvia's public holidays. At a standard eight-hour day, 230 working days works out to roughly 1,840 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 19.2 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 2026. 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.