Florida isn’t famous for its fall foliage (or lack thereof) and doesn’t cool down as quickly as more northern states do at the turn of the season, but there are still pretty leaves to see in the northernmost parts of the Sunshine State.
And the leaves on some of North Florida’s more colorful trees are already changing and falling off in the third week of October 2025. Another sign of the changing seasons is creeping up soon on Halloween weekend (or “Halloweekend”) this year: the fall back time change.
Here’s where and when you have the best chance at seeing fall foliage in Florida, photos of some changing leaves in Jacksonville and other northern reaches, when we fall back in 2025 and when it’s the official end of fall.
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The meteorological start of fall 2025 passed on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Every year, meteorological fall starts on Sept. 1 and ends on Nov. 30.
There are two equinoxes and two solstices each year. Equinoxes occur during the fall and spring and are called the autumnal and vernal equinoxes. They mark the first astronomical day of spring and the first astronomical day of fall each year.
The astronomical start of the 2025 fall passed on Monday, Sept. 22, with the autumnal equinox, and will end with the winter solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21.
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Fall foliage map 2025, here’s when, where Florida will see fall leaves change
This map from SmokyMountains.com represents a fall foliage prediction for the week of Oct. 21.
It might be hard to believe that Florida has any signs of fall beyond slightly less sweltering temperatures, but some trees in the northernmost regions of the state do change color (even if briefly) before turning brown and falling off.
The leaves of Florida’s maple trees, American sycamores, sweetgum, crape myrtles, blackgums, correl and cypress trees all change colors, with most general peak times falling in November and some in October.
Most of the fall colors Florida has to offer are in the Panhandle and North Florida area, although there are a few scattered splashes of fall color further south.
The 2025 fall foliage maps predicted that North Florida could start seeing leaves change as early as the week of Monday, Oct. 20, peaking in early to mid-November.
This map shows a prediction of fall foliage during the week of Nov. 4
Here are some places where you can see fall foliage in Florida this fall:
Lake City, travel along Interstate 10, especially in rural areas, as you head toward Ocala
Chipley, especially Falling Waters State Park
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See photos of leaves changing in Jacksonville, Florida, October 2025
The American sycamore is native to North Florida and can be found all the way up the U.S., into southern Canada. In the fall, even in Florida, this tree’s leaves change color from a medium green to greenish-yellow, and sometimes to true yellow, before finally turning an orangey-brown and falling off.
These trees can be found throughout North Florida, but the trees pictured in the gallery above are in Jacksonville, Florida and started turning a little early in 2025, around the second week of October.
When do the clocks fall back in 2025? Daylight saving time ends on Halloween weekend
Another sign of the turning seasons, the fall back time change is coming soon. The fall back time change is coming up in less than two weeks, the Sunday after Halloween 2025, which falls on a Friday this year.
Daylight saving time for 2025 began at 2 a.m. EDT on Sunday, March 9, 2025. It will end when we fall back again at 2 a.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, two days after Halloween.
Contributing: C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY Network – Florida
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Florida fall leaves turn color, too. Here’s when, where to leaf-peep