Public holidays in Montenegro, 2027
Montenegro observes 20 nationwide public holidays in 2027. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 248 days.
Every public holiday in 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 1 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 2 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Nova godina |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 6 Jan | Wednesday | Orthodox Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 7 Jan | Thursday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 8 Jan | Friday | Christmas Day (Orthodox) Božić |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Mar | Friday | Good Friday Veliki petak |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 28 Mar | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 29 Mar | Monday | Easter Monday Uskrs |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 30 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 1 May | Saturday Weekend | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 2 May | Sunday Weekend | Labour Day Praznik rada |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 3 May | Monday | Easter Monday Vaskrs |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 21 May | Friday | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 22 May | Saturday Weekend | Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 13 Jul | Tuesday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 14 Jul | Wednesday | Statehood Day Dan državnosti |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 Nov | Monday | Catholic All Saints' Day Svi Sveti |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 24 Dec | Friday | Catholic Christmas Eve Badnji dan |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 25 Dec | Saturday Weekend | Catholic Christmas Day Božić |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 26 Dec | Sunday Weekend | Catholic St. Stephen's Day Božić |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 136 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| August | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
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.
7 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (2 Jan), Easter Sunday (28 Mar), Labour Day (1 May), Labour Day (2 May), Independence Day (22 May), Catholic Christmas Day (25 Dec), 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 June 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 Q1, carrying 58 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2026, which held 245 working days, 2027 is 3 working days longer. 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 2027, 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 7 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 6 January 2027 to 10 January 2027, built around Orthodox Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Orthodox). A further 1 working day is 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 2026: 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.