Business Days

Public holidays and working days, country by country

Working days in Botswana, 2025

Botswana has 250 working days in 2025, or 2,000 hours on an eight hour day. Below, the same figure broken down by month and by quarter.

By month

Weekends and nationwide public holidays removed.
Month Calendar days Weekend Holidays Working days Hours
January 31 8 1 22 176
February 28 8 0 20 160
March 31 10 0 21 168
April 30 8 2 20 160
May 31 9 2 20 160
June 30 9 0 21 168
July 31 8 2 21 168
August 31 10 0 21 168
September 30 8 1 21 168
October 31 8 1 22 176
November 30 10 0 20 160
December 31 8 2 21 168
Total 365 104 11 250 2,000

By quarter

Quarter Months Working days Hours Share of year
Q1 Jan, Feb, Mar 63 504 25.2%
Q2 Apr, May, Jun 61 488 24.4%
Q3 Jul, Aug, Sep 63 504 25.2%
Q4 Oct, Nov, Dec 63 504 25.2%

Why the quarters are uneven

Quarters rarely hold the same number of working days, because public holidays cluster and months differ in length. Any target set as a flat quarterly figure therefore asks for more output per day in the short quarters than in the long ones. The share column above is the quickest way to see how far a given year departs from an even split.

Back to the 2025 holiday calendar for Botswana.