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Romania working days and public holidays 2026

Romania, 2026: 250 working days and 2000 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 16 national public holidays, 11 of them on working days.

Romania 2026 at a glance

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Working days
250
Standard hours
2000
Free days
115
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
16
Free days from holidays
11
Holidays on weekends
5

Today, Saturday 31 October, is not a working day. 209 working days of 2026 have passed and 41 are left.

Public holidays 2026

January

  • 1 Jan Thursday New Year's Day (Anul Nou)
  • 2 Jan Friday Day after New Year's Day (Anul Nou)
  • 6 Jan Tuesday Epiphany (Bobotează)
  • 7 Jan Wednesday Saint John the Baptist (Sfântul Ion)
  • 24 Jan Saturday Union Day/Small Union (Unirea Principatelor Române/Mica Unire) Weekend

April

  • 10 Apr Friday Good Friday (Vinerea mare)
  • 12 Apr Sunday Easter Sunday (Paștele) Weekend
  • 13 Apr Monday Easter Monday (Paștele)

May

  • 1 May Friday Labour Day (Ziua Muncii)
  • 31 May Sunday Pentecost (Rusaliile) Weekend

June

  • 1 Jun Monday Children's Day (Ziua Copilului) / Whit Monday (Rusaliile)

August

  • 15 Aug Saturday Dormition of the Theotokos (Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare) Weekend

November

  • 30 Nov Monday St. Andrew's Day (Sfântul Andrei) Next

December

  • 1 Dec Tuesday National Day/Great Union (Ziua Națională/Marea Unire)
  • 25 Dec Friday Christmas Day (Crăciunul)
  • 26 Dec Saturday St. Stephen's Day (Crăciunul) Weekend

Working days and hours by month 2026

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Anul Nou), 2 Jan Day after New Year's Day (Anul Nou), 6 Jan Epiphany (Bobotează), 7 Jan Saint John the Baptist (Sfântul Ion), 24 Jan Union Day/Small Union (Unirea Principatelor Române/Mica Unire) 18 144
February 20 160
March 22 176
April 10 Apr Good Friday (Vinerea mare), 12 Apr Easter Sunday (Paștele), 13 Apr Easter Monday (Paștele) 20 160
May 1 May Labour Day (Ziua Muncii), 31 May Pentecost (Rusaliile) 20 160
June 1 Jun Whit Monday (Rusaliile) 21 168
July 23 184
August 15 Aug Dormition of the Theotokos (Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare) 21 168
September 22 176
October 22 176
November 30 Nov St. Andrew's Day (Sfântul Andrei) 20 160
December 1 Dec National Day/Great Union (Ziua Națională/Marea Unire), 25 Dec Christmas Day (Crăciunul), 26 Dec St. Stephen's Day (Crăciunul) 21 168
Total 250 2000

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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