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Portugal — December 2027

December 2027 has 21 working days in Portugal.

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Portugal businesses have 21 working days in December 2027 — that's 31 calendar days minus 8 weekend days and 2 weekday public holidays (Restoration of Independence, Immaculate Conception). The depth of Northern-hemisphere winter and Southern-hemisphere summer typically governs the work-rhythm in December; project deadlines and payroll cycles in Portugal 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 Portugal payroll-period calculations.

21

working days

8

weekend days

2

weekday public holidays

31

December

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1

Restoration of Independence

2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Immaculate Conception

9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Christmas Day

26

St. Stephen's Day

27
28
29
30
31
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Public holidays falling on weekdays

  • Dec1

    Restoration of Independence

    Wednesday, December 1, 2027

    Restauração da Independência

  • Dec8

    Immaculate Conception

    Wednesday, December 8, 2027

    Imaculada Conceição

Official reference: ePortugal.gov.pt — Feriados · How we verify this data