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Working days calculator
Count the working days between two dates in South Africa: weekdays, less public holidays. Tick Saturdays if you work a six-day week. November 2026 has 20 working days.
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Working days in 2026, month by month
| Month | Working days | Holidays on weekdays | With Saturdays |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 1 | 26 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| March | 22 | 0 | 25 |
| April | 19 | 3 | 23 |
| May | 20 | 1 | 25 |
| June | 21 | 1 | 25 |
| July | 23 | 0 | 27 |
| August | 20 | 1 | 25 |
| September | 21 | 1 | 25 |
| October | 22 | 0 | 27 |
| November | 20 | 1 | 24 |
| December | 21 | 2 | 24 |
| 2026 | 250 | 11 | 300 |
Holidays on weekdays: public holidays from Monday to Friday, which take a working day away.
Other years
How we count
A working day here is Monday to Friday, less public holidays. Tick Saturdays for a six-day week: Saturdays then count, unless one is a public holiday. Sundays never count. Both the first and the last date are included.
Public holidays come from the Public Holidays Act: when one falls on a Sunday, the Monday after it is a holiday too, and days the President declares, such as election days, are included. A holiday on a Saturday doesn’t move, so in a five-day week it takes no working day away.
Every public holiday, 2000 to 2030
Source: the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994 (Schedule 1 and sections 2(1) and 2A) and the President’s proclamations in the Government Gazette, checked against the government’s published lists on 7 November 2026.