Ukraine public holidays 2026
Ukraine has 11 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 254 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Новий Рік |
Nationwide |
| 8 Mar | Sunday rest day | International Women's Day
Міжнародний жіночий день |
Nationwide |
| 12 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Великдень |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | International Workers' Day
День праці |
Nationwide |
| 8 May | Friday | Victory day over Nazism in World War II
День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні |
Nationwide |
| 31 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Трійця |
Nationwide |
| 28 Jun | Sunday rest day | Constitution Day
День Конституції |
Nationwide |
| 15 Jul | Wednesday | Statehood Day
День Української Державності |
Nationwide |
| 24 Aug | Monday | Independence Day
День Незалежності |
Nationwide |
| 1 Oct | Thursday | Defender of Ukraine Day
День захисників і захисниць України |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Різдво Христове |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 1 holiday
February
March 1 holiday
April 1 holiday
May 3 holidays
June 1 holiday
July 1 holiday
August 1 holiday
September
October 1 holiday
November
December 1 holiday
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 7 | 254 | 2,032 |
What the numbers say about Ukraine in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Ukraine. 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), Easter Sunday (12 Apr), Pentecost (31 May), Constitution Day (28 Jun). 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.
March is the longest working month with 22 days, and May the shortest with 19. 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 63 working days (January, February, March).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 11, Ukraine sits below the middle of the range, around the 37th 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 3 days, from 1 May to 3 May (International Workers' Day). There are also 2 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.