Holiday entitlement calculator
Work out the paid holiday you are owed by law, in days and hours, for a full year or the part of a year you work.
Most workers get 5.6 weeks a year, up to 28 days. Rules from GOV.UK, checked 13 November 2026.
Result
Working 5 days a week, your statutory holiday is 28 days a year.
days of holiday a year
| Days | 28 days |
|---|---|
| Weeks | 5.6 weeks |
Show the workings
| Step | Sum | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| A full year's holiday | 5.6 weeks × 5 days a week | 28 days |
What this leaves out or assumes
- This is the legal minimum. Your contract may give you more.
- Bank holidays can be counted as part of this, or given on top. Your contract says which.
- Your employer can round holiday up, but not down.
Where the figures come from
- Statutory paid holiday a year: 5.6 weeks. Source: GOV.UK: Holiday entitlement. Checked 13 November 2026.
- Most statutory paid holiday days a year: 28 days. Source: GOV.UK: Holiday entitlement. Checked 13 November 2026.
How much holiday you get
Almost all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year. If you work the same days each week, multiply the days you work by 5.6. The law caps it at 28 days, so someone working 6 days a week still gets 28.
| Days worked a week | Days of holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 11.2 |
| 2.5 | 14 |
| 3 | 16.8 |
| 4 | 22.4 |
| 4.5 | 25.2 |
| 5 | 28 |
| 6 | 28 |
Bank holidays can be counted as part of this, or given on top. Your contract says which. Your employer can give more than the legal minimum, but not less.
Starting or leaving part way through the year
If you start part way through your leave year, you get a share of the year's holiday for the months left, counting the month you start in. Part of a day is rounded up: under half a day becomes a half day, and over half a day becomes a whole day. That is the rule in regulation 15A of the Working Time Regulations.
If you leave part way through, you get a share for the days of the leave year you worked. Holiday you have built up but not taken is paid when you leave. The calculator works out both the way GOV.UK's holiday calculator does, and gives the same answers.
Irregular hours and part-year work
If your hours vary a lot, such as zero-hours work, or you work only part of the year, such as in term time, holiday builds up as you work. For leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024 it is 12.07% of the hours you work in each pay period, under regulation 15B of the Working Time Regulations.
12.07% comes from 5.6 weeks of holiday out of the 46.4 weeks of a 52-week year left to work. So 100 hours worked builds up 12.07 hours of holiday.
Getting help
GOV.UK explains holiday rights, including holiday pay and what happens when you are off sick. Acas gives free, independent help with holiday questions.