Russia public holidays 2026
Russia has 13 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 252 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Новый год |
Nationwide |
| 2 Jan | Friday | New Year holiday
Новогодние каникулы |
Nationwide |
| 3 Jan | Saturday rest day | New Year holiday
Новогодние каникулы |
Nationwide |
| 4 Jan | Sunday rest day | New Year holiday
Новогодние каникулы |
Nationwide |
| 5 Jan | Monday | New Year holiday
Новогодние каникулы |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | New Year holiday
Новогодние каникулы |
Nationwide |
| 7 Jan | Wednesday | Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Рождество Христово |
Nationwide |
| 23 Feb | Monday | Defender of the Fatherland Day
День защитника Отечества |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Международный женский день |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
День труда |
Nationwide |
| 9 May | Saturday rest day | Victory Day
День Победы |
Nationwide |
| 12 Jun | Friday | Russia Day
День России |
Nationwide |
| 4 Nov | Wednesday | Unity Day
День народного единства |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 7 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 1 holiday
April
May 2 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August
September
October
November 1 holiday
December
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 136 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
What the numbers say about Russia in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Russia. 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: New Year holiday (3 Jan), New Year holiday (4 Jan), International Women's Day (8 Mar), Victory Day (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 17. A gap of 6 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q1 is the leanest at 58 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 13, Russia sits above the middle of the range, around the 64th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 4 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 7 days, from 1 January to 7 January (New Year's Day, New Year holiday, Christmas Day (Orthodox)). See every long weekend in 2026.