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Australia — August 2026

August 2026 has 20 working days in Australia.

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Australia businesses have 20 working days in August 2026 — that's 31 calendar days minus 10 weekend days and 1 weekday public holiday (Picnic Day). Northern-hemisphere summer and Southern-hemisphere winter typically governs the work-rhythm in August; project deadlines and payroll cycles in Australia should account for the holiday days listed above. August is comparatively quiet in the Christian calendar but includes Assumption of Mary on the 15th in Catholic countries and several civic anniversaries across South America. For pay-period planning, August 2026 contains 4 full work-weeks plus 0 additional weekdays, useful when scheduling milestones or quarterly reviews. The working-day count above counts substitute days as a single deduction — it does not double-count when a public holiday falling on a weekend is moved to a Monday or Friday. Use this figure as the authoritative baseline for Australia payroll-period calculations.

20

working days

10

weekend days

1

weekday public holiday

31

August

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Picnic Day

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  • Aug3

    Picnic Day

    Monday, August 3, 2026

Official reference: australia.gov.au — Public holidays · How we verify this data