Fall Foliage Prediction Maps 2026

It is the time of the year again. Trees will slowly start to change their colors. The landscape will turn into a sea of yellow, green and red and it will look just magically. It is fall again on the northern hemisphere.

Autumn is a great season to go out and capture amazing landscape photos of trees and whole forests changing their color.

Trees in higher elevations and further north start first changing their colors, while trees in lower regions or farther south will follow a few days to weeks later. All depending on the location and weather conditions in the area. I want to give you some resources to check for the current fall foliage conditions.

United States

Explore Fall

Another great site is Explore Fall. It has a very detailed map and users can report on their local fall foliage as well. I love that this map not only lets you use a time slider to see how the fall foliage will proceed throughout the next day, you can also zoom in to give you a better idea about your area. 

No predictive map is ever a hundred percent accurate, even with crowdsourcing. Many of these sites allows users to report the fall foliage in their area but the conditions can change quickly. As we get towards peak the leaves are more suspect to inclement weather. Wind and rain can knock of the leaves and gone is the amazing fall color in the trees.

While these maps gives a great overview of the continental United States, it doesn’t hurt to also check local state websites and their reporting of fall colors. 

Extra Tip: Always check when the conditions were last updated. The fall foliage changes quickly and a two week old map can ruin your photo trip as it is completely out of date. 

The Foliage Report

Explore Fall, only has prediction for the continental United States. If you are looking for prediction for Alaska check out the Foliage Report. By the way, Alaska has some amazing fall colors to offer. Alaska is also one of the first states to reach peak colors.

The Foliage Report devides the United States in six zones:

• West / Alaska
• Southwest
• Midwest
• Southeast
• Northeast

The maps are rather simple and there is no slider to see how it will change. The map is updated weekly.

WeatherWise

WeatherWise is a great service if you are into everything related weather. It also features a fall color overlay which is powerd by The Foliage Report. 

WeatherWise is available in the browser as well as an app for your smartphone. If you are also into weather, this is a great app to look at. Lots of information even in the free tier. 

The fall color map can be found under Outlooks. There scroll down until you see Foliage Report. Select the current year and there you go. From here you can select the different dates of the current forecast.

International Fall Foliage Conditions

Here a few international sites with maps which track the fall foliage.

England

Forestry England has a great map of the fall foliage in England. 

Switzerland

The Swiss government has an awesome website to track the fall foliage. They also list a ton of webcams to get a live view of different locations throughout the country. Their site is just amazing and has so many useful information.

Conclusion

For people living or visiting the United States to experience the fall foliage, there are a lot of ressources. It looks very dim for the rest of the world. I was able to find many sites giving suggestions where to go and an approximate timeframe, but no real map or overview in general of the current state of the fall foliage.

If you know of other great sites showing the fall foliage, let me know and I will expand the list. No matter if in the US or abroad. I want this to be a great source to find fall colors no matter where you are or planning to go.