How Many Working Days in 2027?
The full breakdown for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Working days in 2027
253
England & Wales (Mon–Fri minus bank holidays)
By region
England & Wales
253
working days
Scotland
252
working days
Northern Ireland
251
working days
The 2027 working calendar in detail
England & Wales has 253 working days in 2027, set against 8 bank holidays across the year. That is the same as 2026 (253).
Easter falls early in 2027: Good Friday is Friday, 26 March 2027. Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays in England & Wales, so they remove two working days from the first quarter. An early Easter means the spring stretch from Easter to the late-May bank holiday is unusually long and unbroken.
2027 has 7 bank holidayslanding on a Monday or Friday in England & Wales, each creating a three-day weekend: New Year’s Day (Friday 1 January), Good Friday (Friday 26 March), Easter Monday (Monday 29 March), Early May bank holiday (Monday 3 May), Spring bank holiday (Monday 31 May), Summer bank holiday (Monday 30 August), Christmas Day (Monday 27 December). These are the dates to watch when a short deadline could quietly absorb a long weekend.
Because some holidays fall at a weekend, 2027 carries 2 substitute days: Christmas Day is observed on Monday 27 December; Boxing Day is observed on Tuesday 28 December. The substitute day, not the original date, is the one that counts as the bank holiday for pay and contract purposes.
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Months | Working days (E&W) |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | January–March | 61 |
| Q2 | April–June | 63 |
| Q3 | July–September | 65 |
| Q4 | October–December | 64 |
The lightest quarter for working days is Q1 (January–March, 61 working days), where the bank holidays cluster; the fullest is Q3 (July–September, 65 working days). Capacity planning, billing targets, and delivery forecasts are more realistic when they reflect this uneven spread rather than assuming a flat quarter.
Monthly breakdown
Bank holidays in 2027
Hover or tap a month above to jump to its working-day breakdown. The full bank holiday list lives on our 2027 bank holidays page.
England & Wales
- New Year’s Day01/01
- Good Friday26/03
- Easter Monday29/03
- Early May bank holiday03/05
- Spring bank holiday31/05
- Summer bank holiday30/08
- Christmas Day27/12
- Boxing Day28/12
Scotland
- New Year’s Day01/01
- 2nd January04/01
- Good Friday26/03
- Early May bank holiday03/05
- Spring bank holiday31/05
- Summer bank holiday02/08
- St Andrew’s Day30/11
- Christmas Day27/12
- Boxing Day28/12
Northern Ireland
- New Year’s Day01/01
- St Patrick’s Day17/03
- Good Friday26/03
- Easter Monday29/03
- Early May bank holiday03/05
- Spring bank holiday31/05
- Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)12/07
- Summer bank holiday30/08
- Christmas Day27/12
- Boxing Day28/12
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