Understanding how many days are in a year is essential for planning and organizing our lives. Whether you're counting down to a special event or planning ahead for work, knowing the exact number of days in the current year can be very helpful.
How Many Days in a Year
In the Gregorian Calendar, a typical year has 365 days. Every four years is a leap year, where the month of February has one extra day. Thus on a Leap Year, there are 366 days.
How Many Days In The Year 2025
As it is a typical year, the 2025 calendar has 365 days with approximately 104 weekend days.
In the United States, there are typically around 251 working days and 10 federal holidays. Canada also has approximately 251 working days, 5 nationwide mandatory holidays, and 6 additional holidays.
Different states and provinces may observe their own local holidays throughout the year, so those will also be days off for their respective populations. Check locally for the specific holidays in your area.
Days in Each Month of 2025
Below is a breakdown of how many days are in each month this year:
- January: 31 days
- February: 28 days
- March: 31 days
- April: 30 days
- May: 31 days
- June: 30 days
- July: 31 days
- August: 31 days
- September: 30 days
- October: 31 days
- November: 30 days
- December: 31 days
Is 2025 a Leap Year?
No, 2025 is a common year. The next leap year will be in 2028.
Understanding Years and Leap Years
The time of a day is determined by the time it takes the Earth to completely rotate on its axis. It is measured through the time it takes the Sun to reach its highest point in the sky, twice consecutively.
The Earth takes 12 months to complete one turn around the Sun. These months correspond to a whole year and are divided into units of 28, 30, or 31 days. So, one solar year is 365.25 days long, or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds.
Did you know? Leap years happen every four years and add one extra day to the calendar to make up for those extra 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds. These hours are rounded up to 6 hours because 6 times 4 is 24. The 24 corresponds to the hours that make up a whole day. This extra day is added to February, which has 29 days during a leap year.
How to Calculate If a Year Is a Leap Year
A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, except for years that are divisible by 100 but not by 400. So, years like 2000 and 2400 are leap years, while 1900 and 2100 are not.
This rule was established to keep our calendar aligned with the Earth's orbit around the sun. Without leap years, our calendar would slowly drift out of sync with the seasons.