2028 is a leap year of 366 days: February has 29 days, and every date from March 1 on falls one weekday later than it would in a common year. It starts on a Saturday and ends on a Sunday. Saturday and Sunday occur 53 times; the other weekdays occur 52 times.
January 1 is a Saturday, so under ISO 8601 the first days of January still belong to week 52 of 2027; week 1 of 2028 begins on Monday, January 3. December 31 falls in week 52 of 2028, and the ISO year has 52 weeks.
2028 has one Friday the 13th, in October. A 2028 calendar is valid again in 2056: those years also start on a Saturday and are leap years.
Easter falls on April 16 in 2028, late in its possible range of March 22 to April 25. Chinese New Year, the start of the Earth Monkey year (戊申), is on January 26. By the Umm al-Qura calendar, Ramadan 1449 AH begins on January 28; the actual start is announced after the new crescent is sighted and can differ by a day. The Islamic year 1450 AH begins on May 25.
2028 has 91, 91, 92, 92 days in its four quarters and 260 weekdays in total. Of the US federal holidays, 9 give a three-day weekend because they are observed on a Monday or Friday.
Choose another country in “Holidays” above to mark its days on the calendar, or see public holidays by country.
Clock changes and seasons in 2028
Daylight saving time
Sun, Mar 12: United States and Canada (most areas)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Mar 26: United Kingdom and Irelandforward at 1:00 a.m.
Sun, Mar 26: European Union (Central European Time)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Apr 2: South-east Australia (Sydney, Melbourne)back at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Apr 2: New Zealandback at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Sep 24: New Zealandforward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 1: South-east Australia (Sydney, Melbourne)forward at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 29: United Kingdom and Irelandback at 2:00 a.m.
Sun, Oct 29: European Union (Central European Time)back at 3:00 a.m.
Sun, Nov 5: United States and Canada (most areas)back at 2:00 a.m.
Times are local. Computed from IANA tzdata; governments can change their rules, and the dates follow the rules in force today.
Equinoxes and solstices
March equinoxMon, Mar 20, 02:17 UTC
June solsticeTue, Jun 20, 20:02 UTC
September equinoxFri, Sep 22, 11:45 UTC
December solsticeThu, Dec 21, 08:19 UTC
Times from the US Naval Observatory, in UTC. West of Greenwich the local date can be a day earlier: an event at 00:05 UTC on September 23 is the evening of September 22 in New York.
Questions
Is 2028 a leap year?
Yes. 2028 is divisible by 4 and is not a century year, so February 2028 has 29 days and the year has 366.
What day of the week does 2028 start on?
January 1, 2028 is a Saturday, and December 31, 2028 is a Sunday.
How many weeks are in 2028?
2028 has 52 weeks and 2 days. In ISO 8601 week numbering it has 52 weeks. All week numbers of 2028 lists their dates.
How many working days are in 2028?
2028 has 260 weekdays (Monday to Friday). 10 US federal days off fall on a weekday (counting observed days), leaving 250 working days for US federal employees. Other countries differ by their own holidays.
Which years have the same calendar as 2028?
Between 1900 and 2100: 1916, 1944, 1972, 2000, 2056, 2084. Their January 1 is a Saturday and they are leap years, so every date falls on the same weekday.
When is Easter 2028?
Western Easter Sunday is Sunday, April 16, 2028, so Good Friday is April 14 and Easter Monday April 17.