Public holidays in Armenia, 2028
Armenia observes 14 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Ամանոր |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 Jan | Sunday Weekend | New Year's Day Ամանոր |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 5 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day Սուրբ Ծնունդ |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 6 Jan | Thursday | Christmas Day Սուրբ Ծնունդ |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 28 Jan | Friday | Army Day Բանակի օր |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 8 Mar | Wednesday | Women's Day Կանանց տոն |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Ամանոր |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 24 Apr | Monday | Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | Labour Day Աշխատանքի օր |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 9 May | Tuesday | Victory and Peace Day Հաղթանակի և Խաղաղության տոն |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 28 May | Sunday Weekend | Republic Day Հանրապետության օր |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 5 Jul | Wednesday | Constitution Day Սահմանադրության օր |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 21 Sep | Thursday | Independence Day Անկախության օր |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 31 Dec | Sunday Weekend | New Year's Eve Ամանոր |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 9 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Armenia. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
5 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), New Year's Day (2 Jan), Easter Sunday (16 Apr), Republic Day (28 May), New Year's Eve (31 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is August at 23 days; the shortest is January at 18. That spread of 5 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q1, carrying 61 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2027, which held 252 working days, 2028 is 1 working day shorter. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2028, Armenia's 14 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 75th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.
The holidays produce 3 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 28 January 2028 to 30 January 2028, built around Army Day. A further 3 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.
3 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Easter Sunday. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.