Albania public holidays 2026
Albania has 14 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 250 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Viti i Ri |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
Viti i Ri |
Nationwide |
| 16 Mar | Monday | Summer Day
Dita e Verës |
Nationwide |
| 23 Mar | Monday | Nowruz
Dita e Sulltan Nevruzit |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Pashkët Katolike |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
E hëna e Pashkëve Katolike |
Nationwide |
| 12 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Pashkët Ortodokse |
Nationwide |
| 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
E hëna e Pashkëve Ortodokse |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | May Day
Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punonjësve |
Nationwide |
| 7 Sep | Monday | Mother Teresa Day
Dita e Nënë Terezës |
Nationwide |
| 30 Nov | Monday | Independence Day
Dita e Pavarësisë |
Nationwide |
| 30 Nov | Monday | Liberation Day
Dita e Çlirimit |
Nationwide |
| 8 Dec | Tuesday | Youth Day
Dita Kombëtare e Rinisë |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Krishtlindjet |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April 4 holidays
May 1 holiday
June
July
August
September 1 holiday
October
November 1 holiday
December 2 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 11 | 250 | 2,000 |
What the numbers say about Albania in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Albania. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
2 holidays land on a rest day this year: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Easter Sunday (12 Apr). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and November the shortest with 20. A gap of 3 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 60 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 14, Albania sits above the middle of the range, around the 74th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 9 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 1 January to 4 January (New Year's Day). There is also one bridge day: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.