Which Country Has the Most School Holidays - SchoolHolidaysAustralia.com.au

Do you know students in most countries have around 12 to 13 weeks of school holidays every year? However students in certain part of the world are in fact getting more than 16 weeks of school holidays a year! Let’s take a look at some countries and find out how many weeks of school holidays students are getting.

Which country has the most school holidays?

Based on our findings, students in Russia get the most school holidays! Students in Russia get approx. 17 weeks of school holidays during a school year while students in other countries have only somewhere between 12 to 13 weeks of school holidays every year.

So how does students in Russia gets a total of 17 weeks of school holidays? The answer is they have a much longer summer break than many of us! Their summer break lasts around 3 months!

Country	School Holidays Per Year	Additional Information
Australia	Approx. 12 weeks	Students have around 40 school weeks
UK	Most schools receive between 13 and 15 weeks of holidays.	Students have around 39 school weeks
US	Approx. 16 weeks	Students have around 36 weeks school year
China	Approx. 13 weeks	There are two main holidays in the school year: the summer vacation and the winter vacation. The winter vacation cuts the school year in half and lasts for approximately one month. The summer vacation starts at around the beginning of July and lasts approximately two months.
Japan	Approx. 10 weeks	At most schools, summer vacation covers the 40-odd days from July 20 to August 31; Winter and spring vacation both last around 10 days, from December 26 to around January 6 and March 25 to around April 5, respectively.
Russia	Approx. 17 weeks	The holidays are spread across the four seasons. Schools with a semester system have a 10-day break in autumn. An 11-day break in winter. A 9-day break in spring. And a break of around three months for summer.
France	Approx. 10 weeks	Schools in France has about 5 holidays which last for about 2 weeks each.
Switzerland	Approx. 13 weeks	The school year usually begins between mid-August or mid-September with over 13 weeks of holidays during this period.
Germany	Approx. 13 weeks	On average children have between 13 and 14 weeks of school holidays in Germany per school year.
Canada	Approx. 13 weeks	Students enjoy a 2 weeks break at Christmas and 2 weeks break in March. Summer holiday falls in July/ August.
Singapore	Approx. 12 weeks	Students have around 40 school weeks

Which countries have fewer and more public holidays in the world

Longer or shorter school holidays, which one is better?

Some believe reducing school breaks can help learners to catch up on learning while others argue students should get a longer break so both the students and teachers can recharge and avoid burnout. Let’s take a look at both sides.

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Benefits of having a long school holidays

Longer school holidays presents the opportunity for students to spend time with their family
Improve physical health (as they would have spare time to go for walks or exercise
Opportunity to learn things that aren’t covered in school if they undertake extra curriculum activities
Students have more time to recharge so they are less likely do not burn out

Benefits of having a short school holidays

Students are less likely to forget what they have learnt in the previous school term
It will place less pressure on the teachers as they would have more time to get through the curriculum
Reduce costs for childcare for parents