Halloween – Portugal

The next Halloween is on Saturday, October 31, 2026 – in 46 days.

Halloween on October 31 is celebrated with costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving and haunted-house fun. It is not a public holiday but is one of the most popular observances of the year. In Portugal it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Halloween falls on the same date every year, October 31. The date itself never changes, but the day of the week does, and that decides whether you get a long weekend out of it. Next time round is Saturday, October 31, 2026, 46 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Across the eleven years in the table, Halloween lands twice on a Friday, twice on a Wednesday, twice on a Tuesday and twice on a Sunday. In three of those it sits next to a weekend, turning it into a three-day break. Those are the years to book early. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2026 it falls in October, which also holds Republic Day (Implantação da República) on the 5th and Summer Time ends (clocks back) on the 25th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Halloween for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Halloween is marked in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy as well. The date and the way it's observed aren't always the same from one country to the next, so use the links below to get the version that applies to you.

Halloween dates 2026–2036