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Ecuador working days calculator

Ecuador, 2026: 251 working days and 2008 working hours at 8 hours a day. There are 10 national public holidays, 10 of them on working days.

Ecuador 2026 at a glance

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Working days
251
Standard hours
2008
Free days
114
Calendar days
365
Holidays in period
10
Free days from holidays
10
Holidays on weekends
0

Today, Saturday 31 October, is not a working day. 209 working days of 2026 have passed and 42 are left.

Public holidays 2026

January

  • 1 Jan Thursday New Year's Day (Año Nuevo)

February

  • 16 Feb Monday Carnival (Carnaval)
  • 17 Feb Tuesday Carnival (Carnaval)

April

  • 3 Apr Friday Good Friday (Viernes Santo)

May

  • 1 May Friday International Workers' Day (Día del Trabajo)
  • 25 May Monday The Battle of Pichincha (Batalla de Pichincha)

August

  • 10 Aug Monday Declaration of Independence of Quito (Primer Grito de Independencia)

October

  • 9 Oct Friday Independence of Guayaquil (Independencia de Guayaquil)

November

  • 2 Nov Monday All Souls' Day (Día de los Difuntos, Día de Muertos) / Independence of Cuenca (Independencia de Cuenca) Next

December

  • 25 Dec Friday Christmas Day (Día de Navidad)

Working days and hours by month 2026

Month Working days Hours
January 1 Jan New Year's Day (Año Nuevo) 21 168
February 16 Feb Carnival (Carnaval), 17 Feb Carnival (Carnaval) 18 144
March 22 176
April 3 Apr Good Friday (Viernes Santo) 21 168
May 1 May International Workers' Day (Día del Trabajo), 25 May The Battle of Pichincha (Batalla de Pichincha) 19 152
June 22 176
July 23 184
August 10 Aug Declaration of Independence of Quito (Primer Grito de Independencia) 20 160
September 22 176
October 9 Oct Independence of Guayaquil (Independencia de Guayaquil) 21 168
November 2 Nov Independence of Cuenca (Independencia de Cuenca) 20 160
December 25 Dec Christmas Day (Día de Navidad) 22 176
Total 251 2008

How it works?

This calculator counts working days, public holidays, and shortened workdays for a selected country and period. A working day is any day outside the weekend (Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt Friday and Saturday) that is not a public holiday. Shortened workdays: in Estonia the working day immediately before New Year's Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Christmas Eve is 3 hours shorter. In Latvia and Lithuania the working day immediately before every public holiday is 1 hour shorter (Latvian Labour Law § 135, Lithuanian Labour Code art. 112).

Holiday data comes from the Nager.Date public holiday database, updated annually.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a working day?

A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday. In Estonia and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday; in Egypt it is Friday and Saturday.

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What is a shortened workday?

Under § 53 of the Estonian Employment Contracts Act, the working day before New Year's Day, Independence Day (24 February), Victory Day (23 June) and Christmas Eve (24 December) is shortened by three hours. The day shortened is the one immediately before the holiday: if that day is a day off (for example a Sunday), no working day is shortened - the Friday before stays a full day. In Estonia the day before other public holidays is not shortened. In Latvia (Labour Law § 135) and Lithuania (Labour Code art. 112) the working day right before every public holiday is one hour shorter for full-time staff.

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Why don’t some public holidays reduce the working day count?

If a public holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it does not reduce the working day count, since those days would not be working days regardless.

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How are annual working hours calculated?

Multiply the working days by 8 hours and subtract the shortening for each shortened day - 3 hours in Estonia, 1 hour in Latvia and Lithuania: working days × 8 − shortened days × 3 (or × 1). Monthly norm hours work the same way from that month's working days. For part-time staff, use the agreed daily hours instead of 8.

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