Miami sets no official trick-or-treat hours. Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31; sunset is 6:40 p.m. Free Halloween fun at Frost Science and Bayfront Park.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. This page is updated each year. Sources: the City of Miami’s events and activities notices, Frost Science, Vizcaya, Bayfront Park and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Halloween safety tips. Sunset time from the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Halloween 2026 is Saturday, Oct. 31. The City of Miami does not set official trick-or-treat hours; nothing on the city’s events page, as of Oct. 9, names a time. Families decide for themselves.

Sunset in Miami on Oct. 31 is 6:40 p.m., and it is fully dark by about 7:04 p.m., the end of civil twilight, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Daylight saving time ends the next morning, Sunday, Nov. 1.

Who to call

  • Emergencies: 911
  • City of Miami services (streetlight out, road hazard): 311, or 305-468-5900
  • Trunk-or-treat or neighborhood event to add? Send it through our contact page

Trunk-or-treat and Halloween events

Trunk-or-treats, where neighbors hand out candy from decorated car trunks in a parking lot or park, are a safer alternative to door-to-door, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says. These are the Halloween events posted by their organizers so far:

  • 10th Annual Spooky Science Monster Mash, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Frost Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd. “Come in costume,” the museum says. Presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. (Frost Science)
  • Red Bull Flugtag Miami, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd. Free. Homemade flying machines off a flight deck into the bay. (Bayfront Park)
  • Vizcaya Late: Spooky Edition, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 S. Miami Ave. $15. An evening event with outdoor film screenings. (Vizcaya)
  • Laser Evening, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Frost Planetarium, including a Halloween Spooktacular laser show. (Frost Science)

Shenandoah Park: the Shenandoah Neighborhood Association has held a free Halloween celebration with a trunk-or-treat, costume parade, food trucks and scare zones at Shenandoah Park, 1800 SW 21st Ave., listed by the city for 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween 2023. No 2026 notice had been posted when we checked. Watch the city’s events page.

We add trunk-or-treats here when the organizer publishes the details.

Safety tips from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

From the county’s Halloween safety page:

  • Go together. Young children should always be with an adult; older kids should go in small groups.
  • Stay visible. Stick to well-lit streets and sidewalks. Where there is no sidewalk, walk facing traffic. Carry flashlights or glow sticks, never candles or torches, and add reflective tape to costumes and bags.
  • Cross carefully. Use crosswalks and never assume a driver will stop.
  • Pick your houses. Visit only homes with the porch light on, and never go inside a stranger’s home.
  • Check the candy. Children should not eat anything until an adult has looked at it at home. Throw out anything homemade or unwrapped.
  • Costumes: soft, flexible props instead of rigid swords or sticks, and shoes that fit.
  • Consider an event. The department suggests a party at home or an organized trunk-or-treat as a safer choice than door to door.

Drivers: slow down and watch for children, especially on residential streets, the department says.

What this means for you

  • No official hours; sunset is at 6:40 p.m. on Halloween.
  • Clocks go back an hour overnight after Halloween, early Sunday, Nov. 1.
  • Free daytime options downtown on Oct. 31: the Monster Mash and Red Bull Flugtag.

Related: things to do in Miami this month, fall festivals and pumpkin patches and parks and trails.

Frequently asked questions

What are the trick-or-treat hours in Miami for 2026?

The City of Miami does not set official trick-or-treat hours. Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, and sunset in Miami that day is 6:40 p.m.

Is there a trunk-or-treat in Miami?

Neighborhood groups have held them; the Shenandoah Neighborhood Association ran a free trunk-or-treat and costume parade at Shenandoah Park in 2023. No 2026 date had been posted on the city’s events page by Oct. 9.

What Halloween events are on in Miami on Oct. 31, 2026?

Frost Science’s 10th Annual Spooky Science Monster Mash runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Red Bull Flugtag, free, runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bayfront Park.

What are the Halloween safety tips from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue?

Young children should go with an adult, stick to well-lit streets and sidewalks, visit only houses with porch lights on, carry flashlights instead of candles, and let an adult check all candy before eating.