Public holidays in Romania, 2026
Romania observes 17 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 250 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Anul Nou |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 2 Jan | Friday | Day after New Year's Day Anul Nou |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany Bobotează |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 7 Jan | Wednesday | Saint John the Baptist Sfântul Ion |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 24 Jan | Saturday Weekend | Union Day/Small Union Unirea Principatelor Române/Mica Unire |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 10 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Vinerea mare |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 12 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Paștele |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Paștele |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | Labour Day Ziua Muncii |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 31 May | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Rusaliile |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 Jun | Monday | Children's Day Ziua Copilului |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday Rusaliile |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 15 Aug | Saturday Weekend | Dormition of the Theotokos Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 30 Nov | Monday | St. Andrew's Day Sfântul Andrei |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 1 Dec | Tuesday | National Day/Great Union Ziua Națională/Marea Unire |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Crăciunul |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day Crăciunul |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Romania. 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: Union Day/Small Union (24 Jan), Easter Sunday (12 Apr), Pentecost (31 May), Dormition of the Theotokos (15 Aug), 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 July 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 60 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 248 working days, 2026 is 2 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 2026, Romania's 17 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 91st percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 6 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 and Day after New Year's Day. 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.
5 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Pentecost, Whit Monday. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.
Notes on Romania
Romania follows Orthodox Easter, so the spring dates move on the Julian calculation and can differ
substantially from Western Easter. Pentecost is observed on the Orthodox reckoning as well.
Romania has added several public holidays over the past decade, which makes older comparisons
unreliable. There is no general substitution for holidays that fall on a weekend, so the working
year varies with the calendar.