Days Until Halloween

About the Halloween countdown

Halloween is on 31 October every year. This countdown runs to the start of 31 October in your local time zone, with the exact dates and weekdays for the next five years in the table.

Halloween is always 31 October, the night before All Saints' Day. Its roots are often traced to the Celtic festival of Samhain, though historians debate how direct that link is, and today it is marked most heavily in the United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Because the date is fixed, the weekday moves each year, and a Friday or Saturday Halloween changes how busy parties and trick-or-treating will be.

Halloween dates for the next 5 years

What people use this countdown for

• Counting down for children who want to know how many sleeps are left until trick-or-treating.
• Planning costumes, decorations and party bookings against the real time remaining.
• Scheduling school or office Halloween events around the weekday it lands on.
• Showing a live countdown on a classroom or shop display through October.

How the countdown works

1. The timer reads your device's clock and counts down to the start of the day (midnight, local time).
2. Days, hours, minutes and seconds update every second; sleeps, weeks and working days are worked out from the calendar.
3. When the day arrives the page switches to a message for Halloween and shows the countdown to the next one.

Tips

• Check the weekday in the table before booking a venue, since Halloween on a Friday or Saturday books up far faster.
• Trick-or-treating hours are set locally, usually in the early evening, so check your town's guidance.

Frequently asked questions