How Many Days Until Halloween?

Halloween is today, Saturday, October 31, 2026.

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The timer runs to midnight on October 31 in your local time. Trick-or-treating usually starts around dusk, so you've got a bit of extra time on the day itself.

Halloween dates, 2026 to 2031

Year	Date	Day of the week
2026	October 31	Saturday
2027	October 31	Sunday
2028	October 31	Tuesday
2029	October 31	Wednesday
2030	October 31	Thursday
2031	October 31	Friday

Where Halloween comes from

Halloween grew out of Samhain, a Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest. People believed the line between the living and the dead was thin that night, so they lit bonfires and wore disguises to keep wandering spirits from recognizing them.

The name comes later, from All Hallows' Eve, the night before the Christian feast of All Saints on November 1. Irish and Scottish immigrants brought the customs to North America in the 1800s, and that's where it turned into the costume-and-candy holiday most people know now.

The first jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland were carved out of turnips. Pumpkins took over in America because they were bigger, easier to carve and everywhere in late October.