France Vacation Days Calculator
Work out total paid time off in France by combining its 25 statutory leave days with 11 public holidays.
About France Vacation Days Calculator
Statutory minimums differ sharply between countries, and some include public holidays in the figure while others count them separately. Adding both and expressing the result as a share of a 260-day working year makes packages comparable. Comparing job offers across countries on salary alone ignores that paid time off ranges from about 15 to over 40 days a year.
Formula
France Vacation Days
Total paid days off = statutory leave + contractual extra + service accrual + public holidays
- statutory leave
- Legal minimum paid annual leave
- service accrual
- Additional days granted for length of service
Worked example
With the default values below, France Vacation Days Calculator returns Total Paid Days Off per Year of 37.5. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Statutory annual leaveaccepts 0–60 days
- 25 days
- Additional contractual leaveaccepts 0–40 days
- 0 days
- Public holidays grantedaccepts 0–40 days
- 11 days
- Years of serviceaccepts 0–45 years
- 3 years
- Extra leave earned per year of serviceaccepts 0–3 days
- 0.5 days
Results
- Total Paid Days Off per Year
- 37.5 days
- Annual Leave Entitlement
- 26.5 days
- Leave Earned Through Service
- 1.5 days
- Working Days Left in the Year
- 223 days
- Share of the Working Year Off
- 14.42%
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2France Vacation Days
- 3Total Paid Days Off per Year= 37.5 days
- 4Annual Leave Entitlement= 26.5 days
- 5Leave Earned Through Service= 1.5 days
- 6Working Days Left in the Year= 223 days
- 7Share of the Working Year Off= 14.42
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or fees or charges into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is France Vacation Days calculated?
Total paid days off = statutory leave + contractual extra + service accrual + public holidays Statutory minimums differ sharply between countries, and some include public holidays in the figure while others count them separately. Adding both and expressing the result as a share of a 260-day working year makes packages comparable.
Why does France Vacation Days matter?
Comparing job offers across countries on salary alone ignores that paid time off ranges from about 15 to over 40 days a year.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Statutory annual leave, Additional contractual leave, Public holidays granted, Years of service, Extra leave earned per year of service. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.
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France specifics
- Currency
- € EUREuro
- Region
- Europe
- Country code
- FR
- Amounts look like
- €1,234,567.89
- Dates look like
- 9 Mar 2026
- Units
- metricWeek starts Monday
In France, a comma marks the decimal and a full stop groups thousands.
Results on this page are expressed in EUR (Euro). Figures are estimates for general planning — confirm current rates and thresholds with the relevant France authority before relying on them.