How Many Working Days in Singapore?
The real count, total days minus weekends and the public holidays that actually fall on a weekday, worked out from the official gazetted dates, per year and per month.
Working days in 2026
251
261 weekdays − 10 public holidays on a weekday. The other 104 days are weekends.
By year
| Year | Total days | Weekends | PH on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 |
| 2027 | 365 | 104 | 8 | 253 |
Years up to 2027 use the gazetted public holidays. Later years aren't official yet, see confirmed vs estimated dates.
2026 by month
Working days per month · a red −N marks public holidays that fell on a weekday.
What the number is for
The working-day count is what you actually pro-rate against. To turn a monthly salary or a leave entitlement into a daily rate, you divide by working days, not calendar days, so a year with more public holidays on weekdays means a slightly higher daily value. It's also the honest basis for project timelines and payroll cut-offs, where counting weekends and holidays as workdays quietly overstates what you can deliver.
Common questions
How many working days are there in Singapore in 2026?
251. That's 261 weekdays in the year minus the 10 public holidays that fall on a weekday. Public holidays that land on a weekend don't reduce the count (though you may get a day off in lieu).
How is the working-day count calculated?
Total days in the year, minus Saturdays and Sundays, minus the gazetted public holidays that fall on a weekday. It assumes a standard Monday-to-Friday week; if you work Saturdays, your own figure will differ.
Why does the number change each year?
Two reasons: whether the year has 365 or 366 days, and how many public holidays happen to fall on a weekday rather than a weekend. A year where several holidays land on Saturdays and Sundays has more working days.
What is this useful for?
Pro-rating a monthly salary or leave to a daily rate, planning project timelines and delivery dates, and payroll: anywhere you need the actual number of paid working days rather than a rough guess.
Public holidays from data.gov.sg. Counts assume a Monday to Friday week and update automatically as new years are gazetted.