How many days until February 29?
479 days
February 29 next falls on Tuesday, February 29, 2028. Counted from today, Saturday, November 7, 2026, US Eastern Time.
- Falls on a
- Tuesday
- In weeks
- 68 weeks
- ISO week
- Week 9
- Weekend?
- No, a weekday
29 February only exists in a leap year
The next one is Tuesday, February 29, 2028
That is why the wait is longer than a year. A year divisible by 100 is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400, so 2100 is skipped and the gap there stretches to eight years.
February 29 in the years ahead
| Year | Date | Days away |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Tuesday | 479 |
| 2032 | Sunday | 1,940 |
| 2036 | Friday | 3,401 |
| 2040 | Wednesday | 4,862 |
| 2044 | Monday | 6,323 |
| 2048 | Saturday | 7,784 |
February 2028
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | |||||||
| 7 | |||||||
| 8 | |||||||
| 9 | 479 days |
About the countdown to February 29
There are 479 days between today and February 29, which next falls on Tuesday, February 29, 2028 — the 29th day of February and the 60th day of 2028. That is 68 full weeks and 3 days.
Because 29 February exists only in a leap year, this date comes round roughly once in four — and not on a fixed cycle: 2028 has one, but a century year is skipped unless it divides by 400.