Public holidays in Montenegro, 2026
Montenegro observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 245 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 7 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 8 Jan | Thursday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Veliki petak |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 10 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 2 May | Saturday Weekend | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 21 May | Thursday | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 22 May | Friday | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 13 Jul | Monday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 14 Jul | Tuesday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 1 Nov | Sunday Weekend | Catholic All Saints' Day Svi Sveti |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Catholic Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Catholic Christmas Day Božić |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Catholic St. Stephen's Day Božić |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 136 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 144 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 16 | 245 | 1,960 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Montenegro. 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.
4 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Labour Day (2 May), Catholic All Saints' Day (1 Nov), Catholic St. Stephen's Day (26 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 March at 22 days; the shortest is January at 17. 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 Q2, carrying 58 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2025, which held 246 working days, 2026 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 2026, Montenegro's 20 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 96th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 8 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 1 January 2026 to 4 January 2026, built around New Year's Day. A further 2 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.
10 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: New Year's Day, Christmas Day (Orthodox), Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Good Friday and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.