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Count Saturdays in a month, year or custom range, and see every matching date.

2026 has 52 Saturdays and 2027 has 52. 7 Saturdays are left this year, counting from Nov 11, 2026.

Advanced: date boundaries

Presets use today in UTC: November 11, 2026. Remaining this year and Next few months start on this date. Results update as you edit.

Saturdays in your range

4Saturdays

November 1, 2026 – November 30, 2026

All matching calendar dates are included, even holidays. This is a date count, not hours worked.

Start date included; end date included.

First: November 7, 2026
Last: November 28, 2026

Matching dates (4)

Quick answer

How many Saturdays are in 2026 and 2027?

There are 52 Saturdays in 2026 and 52 Saturdays in 2027. 2026 starts on a Thursday, so it has 53 Thursdays and 52 of every other weekday.

Saturdays in 2026
52
Saturdays in 2027
52
Left in 2026
7
So far in 2026
45
Until Christmas
6
Next 6 months
26

Live counts start from November 11, 2026 and include today if it is a Saturday. The next Saturday is November 14, 2026.

How many Saturdays are left in 2026?

Counting from November 11, 2026, 7 Saturdays remain in 2026, and 45 have passed since January 1. There are 6 Saturdays before Christmas Day 2026.

  • Next 3 months (to February 10, 2027): 13 Saturdays
  • Next 6 months (to May 10, 2027): 26 Saturdays
  • Next 12 months (to November 10, 2027): 52 Saturdays

For any other date, such as "Saturdays until June 30", set the start and end dates in the calculator above.

How many Saturdays are in each month?

Every month has 4 or 5 Saturdays. A 31-day month has 5 when the 1st, 2nd or 3rd is a Saturday. A 30-day month has 5 when the 1st or 2nd is, and a leap-year February has 5 only when the 1st is.

Saturdays in each month of 2026 and 2027
Month20262027
January5 (Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 31)5 (Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)
February4 (Feb 7, 14, 21, 28)4 (Feb 6, 13, 20, 27)
March4 (Mar 7, 14, 21, 28)4 (Mar 6, 13, 20, 27)
April4 (Apr 4, 11, 18, 25)4 (Apr 3, 10, 17, 24)
May5 (May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)5 (May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)
June4 (Jun 6, 13, 20, 27)4 (Jun 5, 12, 19, 26)
July4 (Jul 4, 11, 18, 25)5 (Jul 3, 10, 17, 24, 31)
August5 (Aug 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)4 (Aug 7, 14, 21, 28)
September4 (Sep 5, 12, 19, 26)4 (Sep 4, 11, 18, 25)
October5 (Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31)5 (Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)
November4 (Nov 7, 14, 21, 28)4 (Nov 6, 13, 20, 27)
December4 (Dec 5, 12, 19, 26)4 (Dec 4, 11, 18, 25)

Saturdays per year

Number of Saturdays per year with the first and last date
YearSaturdaysFirstLast
202552Jan 4, 2025Dec 27, 2025
202652Jan 3, 2026Dec 26, 2026
202752Jan 2, 2027Dec 25, 2027
202853Jan 1, 2028Dec 30, 2028

A common year is 52 weeks and 1 day, and a leap year is 52 weeks and 2 days. The weekday of January 1, plus January 2 in a leap year, gets a 53rd occurrence. Every other weekday occurs 52 times.

Count Saturday sessions, not whole weekends

A Saturday workshop, market stall or volunteer shift needs one particular date each week. Counting all weekend days would double the usual weekly allowance, while counting complete weekends would wrongly reject a Saturday at the end of your range.

This page counts Saturdays individually. Use the matching dates to plan sessions, then check venue access, holidays and other commitments before treating the count as confirmed availability.

Set up your Saturday schedule

  1. Choose This month or This year, or enter a custom Start date and End date for your event season.
  2. Use Advanced: date boundaries if a session on the first or last date must be excluded. Both boundaries count by default.
  3. Review the Saturday count and Matching dates. The result changes with your inputs; Calculate helps locate an invalid date.

Remaining this year starts on the displayed UTC date and includes today if it is Saturday. Reset restores the current month and both inclusive boundaries.

Example: August 2026 workshop dates

Suppose a workshop runs every Saturday in August 2026. Enter August 1–31. The matches are August 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, so the month provides five possible sessions.

If preparation occupies August 1, exclude the start date and four sessions remain. For an August 1–29 agreement that excludes both boundaries, the available Saturdays are August 8, 15 and 22. A range containing only August 1 still counts one Saturday even though the following Sunday is outside it.

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 = 5 Saturdays

August 1–29, exclude both boundaries = 3 Saturdays

August 1 only, both included = 1 Saturday

Verify the weekly sequence

First remove any excluded boundary dates. Find the first Saturday on or after the effective start. From there, each new Saturday is one calendar week later. Count the full weekly gaps through the end and add one for the first Saturday.

In August 2026, four weekly gaps fit between August 1 and August 29. Including the first date gives five sessions. If the effective range ends before its first Saturday, the total is zero. No rounding or conversion from elapsed hours is needed.

Count = complete weeks from first Saturday to effective end + 1

Check the year rather than assuming 52 sessions

A year has 52 full weeks and one extra day, or two extra days in a leap year. Saturday may therefore occur 52 or 53 times. January 1 through December 31, 2026 contains 52 Saturdays.

For an annual programme, use This year and review First and Last before booking. Matching dates is paginated in batches of 60 for longer ranges; pagination never changes the overall result. Holidays remain in the list even if a workshop would normally pause.

When to use the weekend tool instead

A two-day activity needs both Saturday and Sunday. The Weekends Calculator can count only complete Saturday–Sunday pairs, so a lone Saturday at the end will not qualify. Use that mode when the pair, rather than a single session, is your planning unit.

Saturday is not automatically a non-working day for every organization. This calculator uses the named weekday, not a regional employment calendar. It also uses UTC for relative presets; enter a custom start if your local date differs from the displayed reference.

Questions about saturdays

Does a Saturday at the end of the range count?

Yes, if Include end date is checked. There is no requirement to include the next Sunday on this page.

Can I count the Saturdays left after today?

Choose Remaining this year. To exclude today itself, clear Include start date. This reduces the total only if the displayed UTC date is a Saturday.

Are public holidays removed?

No. Review your holiday or closure schedule separately before interpreting the result as bookable sessions.

Why is the answer different from complete weekends?

A Saturday counts by itself here. A complete weekend requires the following Sunday to be inside the boundaries too, so edge dates can produce different totals.