Georgia public holidays 2026
Georgia has 17 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 248 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
ახალი წელი |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year's Day
ახალი წელი |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox)
ქრისტეშობა |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jan | Monday | Epiphany (Orthodox)
ნათლისღება |
Nationwide |
| 3 Mar | Tuesday | Mother's Day
დედის დღე |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
ქალთა საერთაშორისო დღე |
Nationwide |
| 9 Apr | Thursday | National Unity Day
ეროვნული ერთიანობის დღე |
Nationwide |
| 10 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
ძველი პარასკევი |
Nationwide |
| 11 Apr | Saturday rest day | Holy Saturday
დიდი შაბათი |
Nationwide |
| 12 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
აღდგომის კვირა |
Nationwide |
| 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
აღდგომის ორშაბათი |
Nationwide |
| 9 May | Saturday rest day | Day of Victory over Fascism
ფაშიზმზე გამარჯვების დღე |
Nationwide |
| 12 May | Tuesday | Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
წმინდა მოციქულის ანდრია პირველწოდებულის საქართველოში შემოსვლის დღე |
Nationwide |
| 26 May | Tuesday | Independence Day
დამოუკიდებლობის დღე |
Nationwide |
| 28 Aug | Friday | Saint Mary's Day
მარიამობა |
Nationwide |
| 14 Oct | Wednesday | Day of Svetitskhoveli Cathedra
სვეტიცხოვლობა |
Nationwide |
| 23 Nov | Monday | Saint George's Day
გიორგობა |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 4 holidays
February
March 2 holidays
April 5 holidays
May 3 holidays
June
July
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
November 1 holiday
December
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 152 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 13 | 248 | 1,984 |
What the numbers say about Georgia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Georgia. 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.
4 holidays land on a rest day this year: International Women's Day (8 Mar), Holy Saturday (11 Apr), Easter Sunday (12 Apr), Day of Victory over Fascism (9 May). 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 January the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 59 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 17, Georgia sits above the middle of the range, around the 91st percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 9 April to 13 April (National Unity Day, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday). There are also 3 bridge days: 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.