Public holidays in Ukraine, 2026
Ukraine observes 11 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 254 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Новий Рік |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Mar | Sunday Weekend | International Women's Day Міжнародний жіночий день |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 12 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Великдень |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day День праці |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 8 May | Friday | Victory day over Nazism in World War II День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 31 May | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Трійця |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 28 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Constitution Day День Конституції |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 15 Jul | Wednesday | Statehood Day День Української Державності |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 24 Aug | Monday | Independence Day День Незалежності |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 1 Oct | Thursday | Defender of Ukraine Day День захисників і захисниць України |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Різдво Христове |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Ukraine. 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: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Easter Sunday (12 Apr), Pentecost (31 May), Constitution Day (28 Jun). 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 May at 19. That spread of 3 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 63 working days across January, February, March.
Compared with 2025, which held 255 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, Ukraine's 11 nationwide holidays put it below the median of 12, around the 38th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 3 days, from 1 May 2026 to 3 May 2026, built around International Workers' 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.
2 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Easter Sunday, Pentecost. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.