Working days calculator for Serbia
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Pick two dates and the calculator counts the working days between them, leaving out Saturdays, Sundays and Serbian public holidays, including Orthodox Christmas and Easter. Serbia has 252 working days in 2026 and 253 in 2027. It also works the other way: enter a deadline in working days and see the date it falls on.
How it works
The calculator goes through the dates one by one and skips Saturdays, Sundays and the public holidays on which Serbian law says nobody works. On a Monday-to-Friday week, a holiday that falls on a Saturday doesn't cost you a working day.
The days off in Serbia are New Year (1 and 2 January), Orthodox Christmas (7 January), Statehood Day, known as Sretenje (15 and 16 February), Orthodox Easter from Good Friday to Easter Monday, Labour Day (1 and 2 May) and Armistice Day (11 November). If a state holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day is taken off instead. That rule doesn't apply to Christmas or Easter.
2026: holidays on working days are 1 and 2 January, 7 January, 16 and 17 February (the 15th is a Sunday), 10 and 13 April, 1 May and 11 November. 252 working days in all.
2027: 1 January, 7 January, 15 and 16 February, 30 April, 3 and 4 May, and 11 November. Orthodox Easter is on Sunday 2 May, the second day of Labour Day. Monday is Easter Monday, so the Labour Day day off moves to Tuesday 4 May. 253 working days in all.
Orthodox Easter follows the Julian calendar, so it's often a week or more after Western Easter. The calculator works out its date for every year itself.
Worked example
A short-term contract runs from 1 to 30 April 2026. April has 22 weekdays, but Orthodox Good Friday (10 April) and Easter Monday (13 April) are days off. That leaves 20 working days.
Say a letter from the immigration office reaches you on Wednesday 8 April 2026 and gives you 5 working days to reply. The count starts on Thursday. The weekend and both Easter days are skipped, so your last day is Friday 17 April 2026.
Questions people ask
How many working days are there in Serbia in 2026?
252, on a Monday-to-Friday week. By month it ranges from 18 working days in February to 23 in July and December.
Is Western (Catholic) Christmas a day off in Serbia?
Not for everyone. Employees of other faiths are entitled to take the first day of their own religious holiday off, and that covers Catholic Christmas, Eid al-Adha and Yom Kippur. These aren't general days off, though, so the calculator doesn't skip them.
Are Orthodox Christmas Eve and Victory Day working days?
Yes. Christmas Eve (Badnji dan, 6 January) isn't a public holiday, and Victory Day (9 May) and Vidovdan (28 June) are marked without a day off.
How is a deadline in working days counted?
The day you receive the letter or decision doesn't count; the clock starts the next day. If a contract or regulation sets a different rule, that rule applies.
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Updated: 13 November 2026