October 2026 Calendar
October 2026 has 31 days, 22 of them working days once Saturdays and Sundays are removed. Week numbers follow ISO 8601, which gives a week to the year that owns its Thursday — that is why 1 January can fall in week 53 of the year before. Marked days: Halloween. The ones that move are placed by a rule, printed beside each date.
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31 days, 22 of them working days. The number down the left is the ISO week; public holidays are not deducted, because which ones apply depends on where you are.
| wk | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 41 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 42 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 43 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 44 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
How many of each day
Every month holds four of every weekday and then two or three days over. Which weekdays get the extra one is the only thing separating this month from any other of the same length — and it is what decides a five-payday month for anyone paid weekly.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday come round five times; every other day four.
- It opens on a Thursday and closes on a Saturday, covering ISO weeks 40 to 44 in quarter 4.
- Day 274 to day 304 of 2026, leaving 61 days in the year after it.
- The identical grid returns in 2009, 2015, 2020 and 2037 — same starting weekday, same length, so a wall calendar from one of those years hangs again unchanged.
Marked days in October 2026
Underlined in the grid above. Each one links to the count of days until it and the rule that places it, because half of these are not on a fixed date at all.
Halloween Sat, October 31, 2026
Which day does the week start on?
Laid out Sunday first, as US calendars are.
What do the week numbers mean?
The number down the left of each row is the ISO 8601 week, which runs Monday to Sunday and belongs to the year that owns its Thursday. October 2026 covers weeks 40 to 44. Every week of 2026, numbered.
Other months of 2026
Other years
Questions people actually ask
- How many days does October 2026 have?
- 31, of which 22 are working days once Saturdays and Sundays are removed and 9 are weekend days. Public holidays are not deducted from that figure, because which ones apply depends on where you are — Halloween falls in this month.
- How many Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays are in October 2026?
- Five of each — Thursday, Friday, Saturday come round a fifth time where every other weekday comes four. That is what separates this month from any other of the same length, and for anyone paid weekly it is the difference between four cheques and five.
- What week number is October 2026?
- It spans ISO weeks 40 to 44. An ISO week runs Monday to Sunday and belongs to the year that owns its Thursday, which is why the first days of January can carry week 53 of the year before. The US business convention of numbering from 1 January gives different answers, and payroll systems disagree about which one they mean.
- What day of the week does October 2026 start on?
- A Thursday, and it ends on a Saturday. It runs from day 274 to day 304 of the year, leaving 61 days after it.