Every Other Weekend Calendar
Every other weekend is 26 weekends a year (27 when the year has 53 Fridays and your set starts on the first one). Enter a Friday that starts one of your weekends and pick how the weekend runs: the calendar lists every date, marks holiday Mondays that make a 3-day weekend, counts the overnights and saves the dates to your phone.
Used for custody schedules (alternating weekends) and work rotations. Nothing is uploaded; Copy link saves your Friday and settings in the link.
Every other weekend custody calendar
In a custody or visitation schedule, alternating weekends usually means one parent has the children from Friday after school to Sunday evening (or Monday morning) every 14 days, and the other parent the weekends in between. That gives the weekend parent about 14% to 21% of overnights, depending on when the weekend ends. Many parenting plans add a midweek dinner or overnight, and holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas often follow their own schedule that overrides the weekend rotation. Print the calendar or add it to both parents' phones so the dates are agreed.
Every other weekend by year
Overnights and percentages
| Weekend | Overnights per weekend | Per year (26 weekends) | Share of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday to Sunday | 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Saturday to Sunday | 1 | 26 | 7% |
| Friday to Monday morning | 3 | 78 | 21% |
Shares are of 365 nights. Holiday schedules and summer blocks in a parenting plan change the totals; this counts the weekends only. Not legal advice.
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Every other weekend questions
How many weekends is every other weekend?
26 a year, or 27 in a year with 53 Fridays, when your set includes the first Friday of the year.
What percentage of overnights is every other weekend?
Friday to Sunday is 2 overnights every 14 days, about 52 a year or 14%. Friday to Monday morning is 3 overnights, about 78 a year or 21%. Adding a weekly midweek overnight adds about 52 more.
Which weekends are mine?
Pick any Friday that starts one of your weekends in the tool. Every weekend 14 days apart from it is yours; the other set belongs to the other parent or crew.