How many days until Halloween 2026?
How many days until Halloween 2026? Count down to Halloween with the timer above. It runs until October 31, down to the second, in your own time zone. Count down till Halloween, or follow this countdown before the night.
On Halloween itself the page celebrates with you, and once the night is over it moves on to October 31, 2027.
When is Halloween?
Halloween is on October 31 every year. In 2026 it falls on a Saturday, and in 2027 on a Sunday.
The name comes from All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Saints' Day on November 1. That's why trick-or-treating happens on the evening of October 31.
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Halloween is celebrated on October 31, the evening before All Saints' Day. It grew out of old autumn traditions, including the Celtic festival of Samhain, when people believed the line between the living and the spirit world grew thin. Today it's known for costumes, trick-or-treating, carved pumpkins, and spooky decorations.
Not in most countries. Schools and offices usually stay open, so most celebrations happen in the evening or on the nearest weekend.
The tradition comes from Ireland and Scotland, where people carved faces into turnips to make lanterns. As the custom spread, pumpkins took their place, because they were bigger and easier to carve.
There is no single start time. Each place sets its own hours or leaves it to local custom, and early evening is the most common window. Check locally for the exact times.
Trunk-or-treat is a Halloween event where families decorate their cars in a parking lot, often at a church or school, and children collect candy from car to car. Churches began hosting them in the 1990s as a safer alternative to going door to door.
Children went door to door in disguise long before the phrase existed, but the words "trick or treat" first appeared in print in Alberta, Canada, in November 1927. The custom spread widely in the 1930s and became a familiar tradition after World War II.