Halloween 2026 Calendar
Halloween is always October 31. Check the weekday, compare the next five dates and print an October calendar for costume deadlines, parties and trick-or-treating.
Curated by 
Elsie Wren
Dates in 2026
- Halloween: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Print the October 2026 calendar
October 2027 Calendar
October 2026 in the plain grey grid, dates and US holidays already set, for the plans that run more than a year out: a lease, a term timetable, a wedding date, a flight booked while it is still cheap.
Download Minimalist, 2027 PDF
October 2027 Calendar
Next October in the pastel palette, same roomy squares as this year. For the classroom wall chart that gets planned a year ahead, and for anyone already counting down to a birthday in 2026.
Download Cute, 2027 PDF
October 2026 Calendar, Landscape
October turned on its side, so every day box is about twice as wide as it is tall. Print this Letter landscape sheet when a single date holds three things and you want to write all three of them in.
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October 2026 Calendar, Landscape
The wide October in sage and cream, seven columns across a landscape Letter page, made for the strip of wall above a desk where a portrait sheet never quite fits.
Download Floral, landscape PDF
October 2026 Calendar, Landscape
Pastel October on a landscape Letter page: wider day boxes for travel days, school notes and the dinner plan written on the same date.
Download Cute, landscape PDF
October 2026 Calendar, Landscape
Aesthetic October in landscape on US Letter, soft arches and a journal look for the planner who hangs the month sideways above a desk.
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October 2026 Calendar, Monday Start
October with the week opened on Monday, so Saturday and Sunday sit together at the end of the row. The layout most of Europe reads, and the one that lets a working week run straight across the page.
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October 2026 Calendar, Monday Start
Monday to Sunday in pastel, for a October that runs on a school timetable rather than an American wall calendar. Same dates, same illustration, the weekend simply moves to the right.
Download Cute, Monday start PDF
October 2026 Calendar with Lined Boxes
Three faint rules inside every October box, so the school concert, the delivery slot and the dinner written on one date stay in three straight lines instead of sliding into each other.
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October 2026 Calendar with Lined Boxes
Lined day boxes in the pastel October grid on US Letter: three soft rules per cell for handwriting that needs a rail.
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October 2026 Calendar with a Notes Column
Seven day columns for October and an eighth for the week itself. The present list, the cards still to post and the big food shop belong to no single date, and this is where they go.
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October 2026 Calendar with a Notes Column
Pastel October with a weekly notes column on Letter paper: seven day columns plus an eighth ruled twice for lists that belong to the week.
Download Cute, notes column PDF
October 2026 Calendar for A4 Paper
October 2026 drawn at true A4 dimensions rather than shrunk down from US Letter, so the grid keeps its full width and you can stop ticking "fit to page" every time you print it.
Download Minimalist, A4 paper PDF
October 2026 Calendar for A4 Paper
The pastel October rebuilt at A4 size, for the kitchen printer in Madrid, Buenos Aires or Manchester that has never had a sheet of US Letter put through it.
Download Cute, A4 paper PDF
October 2026 Calendar, Binder Insert
October with an empty gutter down the left edge and the three punch positions drawn inside it, so a hole punch can never take a bite out of a marked holiday. Print, punch, and it drops into a ring binder.
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October 2026 and November 2026 on One Page
October 2026 above, November 2026 below, both dated, both marked with their holidays and both big enough to write in. Planning always spills into the next month, and this sheet shows the spill.
Download Minimalist, two months PDF
Want to make it your own?
Add your own title (Meal Plan, Chores, Habit Tracker), switch the week start, choose a design, turn holidays on or off, or start from a blank template. Build it in the Calendar Maker and download your custom PDF.
Dates for the coming years
| Year | Holiday | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Halloween | Saturday, October 31, 2026 |
| 2027 | Halloween | Sunday, October 31, 2027 |
| 2028 | Halloween | Tuesday, October 31, 2028 |
| 2029 | Halloween | Wednesday, October 31, 2029 |
| 2030 | Halloween | Thursday, October 31, 2030 |
Halloween is always October 31
The date does not move, but the weekday matters. A Saturday Halloween changes party timing, while a school-night Halloween makes the weekend before more useful for events. In 2026 it falls on a Saturday and in 2027 on a Sunday. From 2028 to 2030 it lands on a Tuesday, a Wednesday and then a Thursday.
Work backward from costume night
Put the main celebration on the grid, then add the costume deadline, pumpkin carving, classroom events and any local trick-or-treat hours. Planning backward prevents every job landing on October 30. In 2026 the 31st is a Saturday, so a Friday school parade and a Saturday party sit side by side in the last row; give the costume deadline the weekend before, Saturday the 24th.
What is already printed on the October sheet?
The October 2026 grid starts on Sunday and marks two US holidays: Columbus Day on Monday the 12th and Halloween on Saturday the 31st, at the bottom right corner. Everything else is blank, which leaves room for the school parade, the costume fitting and the pumpkin patch trip that families pack into the last weeks of the month.
Picking a design for the season
Twelve designs share the same October grid. Cat and Cute are the usual choices for a kids' countdown on the fridge, and Vintage suits a classroom door or a party invitation board. Minimalist uses the least ink if you print several copies for a scout troop or a block party committee. Each one is a single page sized for US Letter; on A4, choose fit to page so the bottom row with the 31st is not cut off. Kids can color one pumpkin per day as the month goes, which turns the sheet into a countdown without any extra printing.
Keep the month or customize it
Download a design above or open the October calendar for more layouts. The calendar maker can add your own title. When the candy is gone, the Thanksgiving date and November calendar is next, and the full list of holiday dates covers the rest of the year.