There are 22 working days in January 2026. That is every Monday to Friday in the month — 22 weekdays out of 31 days, with 9 weekend days. January 2026 starts on a Thursday and ends on a Saturday. This page gives the exact count, the day-by-day calendar, and how the count is worked out.
Try the tool: Days Between Dates Calculator — count the working days for any month or date range, with your own holidays added.
How many working days in January 2026?
| Count | Value |
|---|---|
| Total days in the month | 31 |
| Weekdays (Monday–Friday) | 22 |
| Weekend days (Saturday–Sunday) | 9 |
| Working days | 22 |
Working days are the weekdays: Monday to Friday, excluding Saturday and Sunday. Public holidays are not subtracted here — a public holiday that falls on a weekday is still a working day by this definition, unless your employer treats it as a day off. If you need the count excluding holidays, that is the business day count: see business days in january 2026, which is 20.
Day-by-day calendar — January 2026
| Date | Day of the week | Working day? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | Thursday | Yes |
| 2 January 2026 | Friday | Yes |
| 3 January 2026 | Saturday | No — weekend |
| 4 January 2026 | Sunday | No — weekend |
| 5 January 2026 | Monday | Yes |
| 6 January 2026 | Tuesday | Yes |
| 7 January 2026 | Wednesday | Yes |
| 8 January 2026 | Thursday | Yes |
| 9 January 2026 | Friday | Yes |
| 10 January 2026 | Saturday | No — weekend |
| 11 January 2026 | Sunday | No — weekend |
| 12 January 2026 | Monday | Yes |
| 13 January 2026 | Tuesday | Yes |
| 14 January 2026 | Wednesday | Yes |
| 15 January 2026 | Thursday | Yes |
| 16 January 2026 | Friday | Yes |
| 17 January 2026 | Saturday | No — weekend |
| 18 January 2026 | Sunday | No — weekend |
| 19 January 2026 | Monday | Yes |
| 20 January 2026 | Tuesday | Yes |
| 21 January 2026 | Wednesday | Yes |
| 22 January 2026 | Thursday | Yes |
| 23 January 2026 | Friday | Yes |
| 24 January 2026 | Saturday | No — weekend |
| 25 January 2026 | Sunday | No — weekend |
| 26 January 2026 | Monday | Yes |
| 27 January 2026 | Tuesday | Yes |
| 28 January 2026 | Wednesday | Yes |
| 29 January 2026 | Thursday | Yes |
| 30 January 2026 | Friday | Yes |
| 31 January 2026 | Saturday | No — weekend |
Working weeks in January 2026
The working weeks of the month — Monday to Friday, with the business days in each week:
| Week starting | Days | Business days |
|---|---|---|
| 29 December 2025 | 1 January 2026 – 2 January 2026 | 2 |
| 5 January 2026 | 5 January 2026 – 9 January 2026 | 5 |
| 12 January 2026 | 12 January 2026 – 16 January 2026 | 5 |
| 19 January 2026 | 19 January 2026 – 23 January 2026 | 5 |
| 26 January 2026 | 26 January 2026 – 30 January 2026 | 5 |
How the count is worked out
Step one: count the days in the month — 31 for January 2026. Step two: count the weekends. January 2026 starts on a Thursday, so the Saturdays and Sundays fall on the dates shown in the table — 9 weekend days in total, leaving 22 weekdays. Step three: there is none — working days are the weekdays, so the answer is 22. The days between dates calculator does the same calculation for any date range, and the date calculator works out what date it is a number of days from now.
January in other years in other years
The same month in the adjacent years, for comparison — the number changes because the calendar shifts by one day each year (two after a leap year), so the same month starts on a different weekday.
| Year | Total days | Weekdays | Weekends | Business days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 21 |
| 2026 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 20 |
| 2027 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 19 |
January 2026 in the year
January is the 1st month of 2026 — the 1st quarter of the year (Q1). There are 0 days in the year before January begins, and 334 days left in the year after it ends. In the Northern Hemisphere it is winter; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed. 2026 is not a leap year, with 365 days.
The federal holidays still to come after January 2026 are Presidents' Day (16 February 2026), Memorial Day (25 May 2026), Juneteenth (19 June 2026), Independence Day (4 July 2026), Labor Day (7 September 2026), Columbus Day (12 October 2026), Veterans Day (11 November 2026), Thanksgiving Day (26 November 2026), Christmas Day (25 December 2026). If you are planning the rest of the year, those are the days to watch: each one that falls on a weekday costs a business day, and each one that falls near a weekend tends to become a long weekend. The days between dates calculator counts the days to any of them, and the holiday countdowns show the countdown to each one live.
Planning with January 2026
20 business days is 4 working weeks. If you are planning a project, a deadline or a holiday, that is the capacity of the month: 20 days on which offices, banks and government departments are open. The weekends — 9 days — are the days off, and the federal holidays are the days to check before you promise a delivery date. For the same month next year, see working days in january 2027.
Frequently asked questions
How many working days are there in January 2026?
22 — 22 weekdays.
How many weekdays are in January 2026?
22 weekdays and 9 weekend days, out of 31 days in total.
What day of the week does January 2026 start on?
January 2026 starts on a Thursday and ends on a Saturday.
How many working days are there in January 2027?
See working days in january 2027 for the exact count — it differs because the calendar shifts by a day each year.
How many hours are there in January 2026?
744 hours — 44640 minutes, or 2678400 seconds. That is the total for the whole month, including the nights and weekends; the working hours are 176 for a standard eight-hour day, or 160 if you count business days only.
How do you count business days?
Count the weekdays in the range and subtract the public holidays that fall on weekdays. The business days calculator does it for any range, with your own holidays added.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - US federal holiday rules (5 U.S.C. § 6103): the holidays subtracted in the business day count are the eleven federal holidays, on the dates set by law.
- TimeFlow's business days calculator and days between dates calculator — the live tools behind the counts on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.