2026 Working Days Calendar for New South Wales, Australia

⚖️ Legal Regulations

Public holidays in Australia are set by individual states and territories, with the Fair Work Act 2009 (section 115) providing the national legal basis for public holiday entitlements. School term dates are also determined by each state and territory's education department. Public holiday observance, including substitute days for holidays falling on weekends, varies by jurisdiction.

📰 News

For 2026, a uniform additional public holiday will be observed on Monday, 28 December across all states and territories because Boxing Day falls on a Saturday. Anzac Day also falls on a Saturday, with only Western Australia and the ACT observing a substitute public holiday on the following Monday. British Columbia is set to adopt Permanent Daylight Saving Time in 2026.

💡 Insights

The standard Australian work week runs Monday through Friday. There is a culture of strategically combining vacation days with public holidays to create extended breaks, and some states add or substitute holidays when one falls on a weekend. In 2026, Easter falls during Term 1 for most states, creating a 4-day long weekend.

2026 Working days summary for New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales, Australia has 251 working days in 2026. This is calculated from 365 total calendar days, minus 100 weekend days (Saturday-Sunday), and minus 14 holidays. The standard work week runs Monday through Friday.

251
Working Days
100
Weekend Days
14
Holidays

Monthly Breakdown

MonthWorkingWeekendHolidaysTotal
January 20 9 2 31
February 20 8 0 28
March 22 9 0 31
April 19 5 6 30
May 21 10 0 31
June 21 8 1 30
July 23 8 0 31
August 20 10 1 31
September 22 8 0 30
October 21 9 1 31
November 21 9 0 30
December 21 7 3 31
Total 251 100 14 365

2026 Calendar for New South Wales, Australia

January 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
New Year's Day
New Year's Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Australia Day
Australia Day
27
28
29
30
31

20 working days, 9 weekend days, and 2 holidays in January 2026.

February 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

20 working days, 8 weekend days in February 2026.

March 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

22 working days, 9 weekend days in March 2026.

April 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
Good Friday
Good Friday
4
Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday
5
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday
6
Easter Monday
Easter Monday
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
26
27
ANZAC Day Holiday
ANZAC Day Holiday
28
29
30

19 working days, 5 weekend days, and 6 holidays in April 2026.

May 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

21 working days, 10 weekend days in May 2026.

June 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
King's Birthday
King's Birthday
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

21 working days, 8 weekend days, and 1 holiday in June 2026.

July 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

23 working days, 8 weekend days in July 2026.

August 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

20 working days, 10 weekend days, and 1 holiday in August 2026.

September 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

22 working days, 8 weekend days in September 2026.

October 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
Labour Day
Labour Day
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

21 working days, 9 weekend days, and 1 holiday in October 2026.

November 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

21 working days, 9 weekend days in November 2026.

December 2026

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Christmas Day
Christmas Day
26
Boxing Day
Boxing Day
27
28
Boxing Day Additional Holiday
Boxing Day Additional Holiday
29
30
31

21 working days, 7 weekend days, and 3 holidays in December 2026.