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Australia — December 2027

December 2027 has 21 working days in Australia.

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Australia businesses have 21 working days in December 2027 — that's 31 calendar days minus 8 weekend days and 2 weekday public holidays (Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day). The depth of Northern-hemisphere winter and Southern-hemisphere summer typically governs the work-rhythm in December; project deadlines and payroll cycles in Australia should account for the holiday days listed above. December centres on the Christmas long weekend in Christian countries and a cluster of solstice and winter-celebration days globally. For pay-period planning, December 2027 contains 4 full work-weeks plus 1 additional weekday, 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.

21

working days

8

weekend days

2

weekday public holidays

31

December

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Sat
1
2
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21
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27

Christmas Day

28

St. Stephen's Day

29
30
31
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Public holidays falling on weekdays

  • Dec27

    Christmas Day

    Monday, December 27, 2027

  • Dec28

    St. Stephen's Day

    Tuesday, December 28, 2027

    Boxing Day

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