April 2026 at a Glance
April is a planning-heavy month in the United States because the federal tax deadline sits in the middle of it. Add spring break travel, the start of outdoor sports seasons and Easter in most years, and April typically holds more moving parts than the months on either side of it.
| Month | April 2026 — month 4 of 12 |
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| Number of days | 30 days |
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| First day | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |
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| Last day | Thursday, April 30, 2026 |
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| Weekend days | 8 Saturdays and Sundays |
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| Calendar weeks | Spans 5 rows (ISO weeks 14–18) |
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| Season | Spring in the Northern Hemisphere |
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| Birthstone | Diamond |
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| Birth flower | Daisy & Sweet Pea |
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| Zodiac signs | Aries (until Apr 19) & Taurus (from Apr 20) |
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Holidays and Observances in April 2026
April 2026 has no federal holidays, which makes it one of the most uninterrupted working months of the year.
The rest of the month is shaped by fixed civic and seasonal dates: April Fools' Day on the 1st, the federal tax filing deadline on the 15th, and Earth Day on the 22nd. Easter falls in April in most years, pulling Good Friday and school holidays with it, though the date moves annually because it follows the lunar calendar.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
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| April 1, 2026 | Wednesday | April Fools' Day | Observance |
| April 3, 2026 | Friday | Good Friday | Observance |
| April 5, 2026 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance |
| April 15, 2026 | Wednesday | Tax Day | Observance |
| April 22, 2026 | Wednesday | Earth Day | Observance |
See every date for the year on our 2026 holidays page, or browse the full
2026 calendar.
Planning Tips for April 2026
Work backwards from Tax Day
April 15 is a hard deadline, not a target. Place document gathering two weeks earlier and the actual filing session at least three days before the date so a missing form does not become an emergency.
Block spring break before it blocks you
School breaks vary by district and rarely align with a parent's work calendar. Marking the exact days as soon as the district publishes them prevents the scramble for coverage.
Use longer evenings for recurring tasks
With sunset moving later, April is the easiest month to establish an after-work routine — a weekly walk, a garden hour, a language lesson. Recurring commitments started in April tend to survive the summer.
How Many Working Days Are in April 2026?
April 2026 contains 22 working days once weekends and federal holidays are
removed from its 30 calendar days. These figures assume a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule;
shift and weekend workers will count differently.
30Total days
22Weekdays
8Weekend days
22Working days
| Calendar days | 30 |
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| Weekdays (Mon–Fri) | 22 |
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| Weekend days | 8 |
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| Federal holidays on a weekday | 0 |
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| Working days | 22 |
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Payroll periods, project estimates and billable-hour targets all depend on this number, and it varies by
several days from month to month — which is why estimating "about 22 days" every month quietly
distorts a quarter's planning.
Week Numbers in April 2026
April 2026 spans ISO week 14 through week 18. Under the ISO 8601 standard used across Europe and by
most project-management and payroll software, weeks run Monday to Sunday and week 1 is the week containing the
first Thursday of the year.
| Week number | Starts (Monday) | Ends (Sunday) |
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| Week 14 | March 30 | April 5 |
| Week 15 | April 6 | April 12 |
| Week 16 | April 13 | April 19 |
| Week 17 | April 20 | April 26 |
| Week 18 | April 27 | May 3 |
If your workplace refers to "week 14" or "W18", these are the dates it means.
Our guide to how many weeks are in a year explains why some years
carry 53 numbered weeks and how the ISO rule decides where week 1 begins.
Note that American calendars usually start the week on Sunday, so a US week-of-the-year count can differ by one
from the ISO numbering above — you can switch the grid between Sunday and Monday starts using the
Week starts menu above.
How to Print Your April 2026 Calendar
1
Choose your month
Use the arrows or the month and year menus to open any month between 2024 and 2030. The grid updates instantly.
2
Add your plans
Click straight into any date box and start typing. Appointments, shifts, birthdays and reminders are saved
automatically in your browser, so nothing is lost if you close the page.
3
Print or download
Hit Print for a clean paper copy, PDF to save a document, or
Image for a PNG you can share. All three are free and never watermarked.
For the clearest printed result, choose landscape orientation and
enable background graphics in your printer settings so the header row and holiday highlights appear. If you
prefer a calendar you fill in by hand, our blank calendar templates give you the
same layout without any dates.
Other Calendars You Might Need
You can also open the evergreen April calendar hub for
templates covering every year, or browse all 2026 months in one place.