Germany Public Holiday Calculator

Work out how many of Germany’s 10 public holidays fall on working days this year and what they are worth in time off.

About Germany Public Holiday Calculator

A public holiday only creates time off if it lands on a day you would have worked. Some countries grant a substitute weekday when it falls at a weekend and others do not, which is why the effective count differs from the headline number. The headline holiday count is a poor guide to actual time off, and it varies by several days from year to year depending on where the dates land.

Formula

Germany Public Holiday

Effective holidays = total holidays − (weekend holidays − substitute days)

substitute days: Replacement weekdays granted when a holiday falls at a weekend

Worked example

With the default values below, Germany Public Holiday Calculator returns Public Holidays You Actually Get Off of 8.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Public holidays in the yearaccepts 0–40 days: 10 days
Holidays landing on a weekendaccepts 0–20 days: 3 days
Substitute days granted for weekend holidaysaccepts 0–20 days: 1 days
Contracted hours per dayaccepts 1–16 h: 8 h

Results

Public Holidays You Actually Get Off: 8.0 days
Paid Time Off from Public Holidays: 64.0 h
Holidays Lost to the Weekend: 2 days
Equivalent Working Weeks: 1.60
Share of the Working Year: 3.08%

Step by step

1Values used
2Germany Public Holiday
3Public Holidays You Actually Get Off= 8.0 days
4Paid Time Off from Public Holidays= 64.0 h
5Holidays Lost to the Weekend= 2 days
6Equivalent Working Weeks= 1.60
7Share of the Working Year= 3.08

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency 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 Germany Public Holiday calculated?

Effective holidays = total holidays − (weekend holidays − substitute days) A public holiday only creates time off if it lands on a day you would have worked. Some countries grant a substitute weekday when it falls at a weekend and others do not, which is why the effective count differs from the headline number.

Why does Germany Public Holiday matter?

The headline holiday count is a poor guide to actual time off, and it varies by several days from year to year depending on where the dates land.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 4 inputs: Public holidays in the year, Holidays landing on a weekend, Substitute days granted for weekend holidays, Contracted hours per day. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.

Germany specifics

Currency: € EUREuro
Region: Europe
Country code: DE
Amounts look like: €1,234,567.89
Dates look like: 9 Mar 2026
Units: metricWeek starts Monday

In Germany, 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 Germany authority before relying on them.

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