Working days 2027 by German state
Pick your state and working days per week: the calculator counts the working days in 2027 for the whole year and for each month.
Working days 2027 in North Rhine-Westphalia
254
Monday to Friday, public holidays excluded.
| Mondays to Fridays in the year | 261 |
| of which public holidays | 7 |
| First half | 123 |
| Second half | 131 |
| Month | Working days |
|---|---|
| January | 20 |
| February | 20 |
| March | 21 |
| April | 22 |
| May | 18 |
| June | 22 |
| July | 22 |
| August | 22 |
| September | 22 |
| October | 21 |
| November | 21 |
| December | 23 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · state holiday acts checked on 28 October 2026
2027 has 261 days from Monday to Friday. Take away the public holidays that fall on one of them and 253 to 256 working days remain, depending on the state. Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria have the fewest, with 253 and 253, while states such as Brandenburg, Hamburg or Lower Saxony have the most, with 256. The gap is smaller in 2027 than in other years because many holidays fall on a weekend: 1 May on a Saturday, 3 October and Reformation Day on Sundays, Christmas on Saturday and Sunday. In most states December is the busiest month with 23 working days, and May the leanest, with 18 in North Rhine-Westphalia, where Ascension Day, Whit Monday and Corpus Christi come together. Working days matter for payroll, project planning, the commuter allowance and working-time accounts; for the commuter allowance, though, the tax return counts your actual trips.
Working days 2027 across the states
The table shows for each state how many public holidays there are in 2027, how many of them fall on a weekday and how many working days remain. For Bavaria the figure is for a municipality with Assumption Day; in 2027 that makes no difference, as the day is a Sunday.
| State | Holidays | on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 12 | 8 | 253 |
| Bavaria | 13 | 8 | 253 |
| Berlin | 10 | 6 | 255 |
| Brandenburg | 12 | 5 | 256 |
| Bremen | 10 | 5 | 256 |
| Hamburg | 10 | 5 | 256 |
| Hesse | 10 | 6 | 255 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 11 | 6 | 255 |
| Lower Saxony | 10 | 5 | 256 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 11 | 7 | 254 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 11 | 7 | 254 |
| Saarland | 12 | 7 | 254 |
| Saxony | 11 | 6 | 255 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 11 | 6 | 255 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 10 | 5 | 256 |
| Thuringia | 11 | 6 | 255 |
Working days per month
For monthly payroll and project plans the spread over the year is what counts. May is the shortest month in almost every state in 2027, especially in the west and south, where Corpus Christi is added. December is long because both Christmas holidays fall on the weekend.
| Month | Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bavaria | Berlin | Saxony |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| February | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| March | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
| April | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| May | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| June | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| August | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| September | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| October | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| November | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
A holiday only counts if it falls between Monday and Friday. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not public holidays, but many collective agreements or contracts give them off in full or in part; in the calculator's advanced settings you can mark them as days off. To see which days these are, open the calendar 2027.
Public holidays and pay
Under the Continued Remuneration Act the employer pays normal wages for working time lost to a public holiday. Anyone who is absent without excuse on the working day before or after a holiday loses that pay for the holiday. How much leave you are entitled to for your working week is shown on leave entitlement.
Working days 2027 in North Rhine-Westphalia
Working days 2027 in North Rhine-Westphalia
254
| Mondays to Fridays in the year | 261 |
| of which public holidays | 7 |
| First half | 123 |
| Second half | 131 |