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Year Summary

England & Wales Working Days by Month in 2027

Check how many working days fall in each month of 2027 for England & Wales. The summary includes monthly working-day totals, bank-holiday disruptions, weekend counts, and the full-year figure in one place.

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Examples of the planning decisions this summary supports.

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Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Total Working Days
253
Monthly working-day chart loads after the summary.

Monthly totals

Monthly breakdown

Use this table when you need the exact monthly totals behind the chart. It shows how working days, bank holidays, and weekend days shape England & Wales in 2027.

Updates when the year changes

January

Work

20

Hols1

Wknd10

February

Work

20

Hols0

Wknd8

March

Most holidays

Work

21

Hols2

Wknd8

April

Peak month

Work

22

Hols0

Wknd8

May

Shortest month

Work

19

Hols2

Wknd10

June

Work

22

Hols0

Wknd8

July

Work

22

Hols0

Wknd9

August

Work

21

Hols1

Wknd9

September

Work

22

Hols0

Wknd8

October

Work

21

Hols0

Wknd10

November

Work

22

Hols0

Wknd8

December

Work

21

Hols2

Wknd8

Work

253

Hols

8

Wknd

104

No disrupted work weeks found for this year.

New Year's Day

1 Jan - 3 Jan

3 days off

Good Friday / Easter Monday

26 Mar - 29 Mar

4 days off

Previewing 2 of 6 long weekends. Expand for the full list.

New Year's Day

UK-wide

1 Jan - 3 Jan

3 days off

Friday Holiday

Good Friday / Easter Monday

26 Mar - 29 Mar

4 days off

Monday HolidayFriday Holiday

May Day

UK-wide

1 May - 3 May

3 days off

Monday Holiday

Spring Bank Holiday

UK-wide

29 May - 31 May

3 days off

Monday Holiday

Late Summer Bank Holiday

Jurisdiction

28 Aug - 30 Aug

3 days off

Monday Holiday

Christmas Day and 3 more holidays

UK-wide

25 Dec - 28 Dec

4 days off

Tuesday HolidayMonday Holiday

Annual working-day total

How many working days are in a UK year?

There are 253 working days in 2027 in England & Wales.

In a typical year with the standard 8 bank holidays, England & Wales has between 252 and 254 working days. The range starts with the 260 to 262 weekdays possible in a calendar year, then removes the standard bank holidays.

The exact total changes with the calendar, the selected UK jurisdiction, substitute days, and any one-off bank holidays. The figure above uses the holiday calendar for your current selection.

Direct monthly answers

Working days by month

These totals use the bank holidays for England & Wales and update when you change the year or jurisdiction.

January 2027

There are 20 working days in January 2027 in England & Wales.

February 2027

There are 20 working days in February 2027 in England & Wales.

March 2027

There are 21 working days in March 2027 in England & Wales.

April 2027

There are 22 working days in April 2027 in England & Wales.

May 2027

There are 19 working days in May 2027 in England & Wales.

June 2027

There are 22 working days in June 2027 in England & Wales.

July 2027

There are 22 working days in July 2027 in England & Wales.

August 2027

There are 21 working days in August 2027 in England & Wales.

September 2027

There are 22 working days in September 2027 in England & Wales.

October 2027

There are 21 working days in October 2027 in England & Wales.

November 2027

There are 22 working days in November 2027 in England & Wales.

December 2027

There are 21 working days in December 2027 in England & Wales.

How To Use UK Working Day Totals In Planning

Working day totals differ because England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland do not observe exactly the same holiday sets. In most years, England and Wales has 8 standard bank holidays, Scotland has 9, and Northern Ireland has 10. That variation matters for cross-border delivery schedules, employment terms tied to working days, and SLA commitments measured in business days.

Finance teams use jurisdiction-specific working day counts to budget day-rate costs and model invoice timelines more accurately. Legal teams use the same counts to estimate realistic durations for multi-step litigation work. Project managers can identify low-capacity months such as April and December and rebalance sprint objectives accordingly. Totals include substitute holiday effects, so year-level counts remain accurate when holidays fall on weekends.

Quick answers

Year Summary FAQs

Working days exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and the bank holidays that apply to your selected jurisdiction. For England & Wales we follow the Civil Procedure Rules 2.8 definition; Scotland and Northern Ireland use the statutory bank holidays published on GOV.UK.

We load the official GOV.UK bank holiday calendar for the chosen jurisdiction. That means St Andrew's Day appears when Scotland is selected and St Patrick's Day when Northern Ireland is selected.

No. Contract-specific shutdowns (for example construction Christmas shutdown clauses) are not applied here. Use the main working day calculator if you need to exclude a bespoke shutdown period.

The long weekend list highlights 3–4 day weekends so you can plan leave, staffing, and marketing activity. Disrupted weeks flag mid-week bank holidays that typically reduce productivity or require SLA adjustments.

Use the wallplanner PDF or ICS export for a calendar view of the same data. A downloadable format for the year summary will be added in a later release.