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Business Days in April 2026 for Italy

April 2026 has 21 giorni lavorativi under the Italian national holiday calendar. April 2026 contains one Italian national holiday on a weekday. The month covers 30 calendar days, of which 8 are sabato and domenica. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of giorni lavorativi in Italy.

giorni lavorativi

21

Calendar Days

30

Weekend Days

8

festività nazionali

1

Work Weeks

4.2

April 2026 business day calendar
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3
4
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5
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6
Lunedì dell'Angelo
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11
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21
22
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Festa della Liberazione
26
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festività nazionali in April 2026

Mon, Apr 6Lunedì dell'Angelo

Italy April deadlines

Lunedì dell'Angelo (Easter Monday) closes banks. F24 for March is due April 16. The Modello 730 filing season opens for employees (via CAF assistance centres). Festa della Liberazione (April 25) closes banks. ECB April rate decision.

Day-of-Week Distribution

The count of each weekday in April 2026. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

DayCount
Monday4
Tuesday4
Wednesday5
Thursday5
Friday4
Saturday4
Sunday4

Italy reporting cycles and business-day rules

Italian business-day cycles align with Agenzia delle Entrate F24 monthly deposits (deadline 16th of the following month) and Liquidazione IVA mensile due the 16th. The Banca d'Italia operates TARGET2 for euro wholesale settlement and BI-COMP for SEPA on bank business days. Codice Civile articolo 1183 governs contractual performance timing. Modello CU (Certificazione Unica) for employee earnings is due to employees and the Agenzia by March 16. Modello Redditi PF for self-employed taxpayers is due June 30. Companies with December year-ends file Modello Redditi SC by the last business day of November.

April 2026 giorni lavorativi compared by country

Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Italy alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for April 2026.

CountryBusiness DaysHolidays this month
🇺🇸United States22None
🇬🇧United Kingdom20Good Friday, Easter Monday
🇨🇦Canada20Good Friday, Easter Monday
🇦🇺Australia20Good Friday, Easter Monday
🇮🇳India20Good Friday, Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
🇵🇭Philippines19Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Araw ng Kagitingan
🇫🇷France21Lundi de Pâques
🇩🇪Germany20Karfreitag, Ostermontag
🇯🇵Japan21Showa Day
🇲🇽Mexico22None
🇸🇬Singapore21Good Friday

How April 2026 compares year over year

April 2025 had 20 giorni lavorativi, so April 2026 has 1 more working day year over year. On the surrounding months, March 2026 has 22 giorni lavorativi and May 2026 has 20. Looking forward, April 2027 has 22 giorni lavorativi under the same Italian national holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in Italy

A Milan corporate controller uses the 21-day April 2026 count to align Banca d'Italia TARGET2 settlement with Agenzia delle Entrate F24 monthly deadlines on the 16th. A Rome law firm uses giorni lavorativi to track Codice Civile articolo 1183 contractual payment timing and ENPALS/INPS contribution cycles. A Florence manufacturing controller uses business-day math to align Modello CU (Certificazione Unica) employee earnings reporting and Modello Redditi PF tax filings.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many business days are in April 2026 for Italian national?
April 2026 has 21 giorni lavorativi under the Italian national holiday calendar. The month spans 30 calendar days, of which 8 fall on a weekend and 1 is a Italian national holiday that lands on a weekday. The remaining 21 weekdays are countable as giorni lavorativi for invoicing, deadline tracking, and contract math.
Which Italy holidays affect April 2026?
April 2026 contains one Italian national holiday: Lunedì dell'Angelo on Monday, April 6. Banks and Italy financial markets close on each of these days. Regional or industry-specific closures may add further non-working days for narrower contract definitions; layer them into the calculator's Advanced options if needed.
Is Santo Stefano (December 26) observed as a national holiday in Italy?
Yes. Santo Stefano (December 26) is a national festività in Italy alongside Natale (December 25). Both close banks, Borsa Italiana, and most private-sector employers. The Italian national set differs from many other countries by including December 26 universally as a public holiday, alongside Catholic-rooted dates such as Immacolata Concezione (December 8) and Ognissanti (November 1) that are also fully national.
How does the Festa del Patrono affect this national calendar?
Each Italian municipality observes its own Festa del Patrono (patron saint's day): San Giovanni Battista in Florence on June 24, San Petronio in Bologna on October 4, Sant'Ambrogio in Milan on December 7, and others. These are local holidays that close municipal offices, schools, and some businesses in their respective cities but are not in this national set. For Milan-, Rome-, or Florence-specific contracts, layer the municipal patron-saint date under the calculator's Advanced options.
Why does the business-day count vary year to year?
Two things shift the monthly count for Italy. First, the day of the week the first of the month lands on changes the count of each weekday. Second, Italian national holidays anchored to a fixed date shift their weekday across years. Some years a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend; some countries shift the observance to an adjacent weekday and some absorb it into the weekend. April 2025 had 20 giorni lavorativi, so April 2026 has 1 more working day year over year.

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