Trick or Treat Times in San Antonio: Halloween Events Run From 3 P.M., and Sunset Is 6:48

There is no city-set trick-or-treat hour in San Antonio, so Halloween Saturday runs on the schedule its venues publish — and this year the candy starts early. SEA LIFE San Antonio runs its Trick or Treat Under the SEA trail from 3 to 5 p.m. on Halloween Day, with underwater pumpkin carving at 3:30 p.m., according to the Halloween Day guide read in full this cycle; the aquarium sits at 849 East Commerce Street and standard admission covers the event. Ingram Park Mall's Mall-O-Ween follows from 4 to 6 p.m. at 6301 Northwest Loop 410 — free, indoors, with character meet-and-greets, face painters and balloon twisters, the guide said.

The evening belongs to two anchors. The DoSeum's Trick-or-Treat night runs 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at 2800 Broadway, with treat stations throughout the galleries, bubble foam, roaming costume characters and a closing dance party; tickets are $20 for children and $15 for adults, according to the SA Examiner's Halloween guide, read in full this cycle. Across town, the San Antonio Zoo's Zoo Boo! — in its 40th year — keeps the zoo open until 9 p.m. on Halloween night, with its daily free trick-or-treating from 4 to 5 p.m. included with admission, the guides said.

The natural clock matters as much as the event clock. Sunset in San Antonio on Halloween is 6:48 p.m., according to the Weather Channel's San Antonio forecast read this cycle — so the DoSeum run and neighborhood trick-or-treating straddle the light change, and the second half of the evening happens in the dark. Families following the station's Halloween safety file from Thursday (SQ-20261029-069) already have the road-safety frame: peak trick-or-treat hours, reflective gear, and drivers slowing down. Saturday adds one local fact to it — by 7 p.m., every costumed child still out is out after dark.