Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Massachusetts
When: early December through March
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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The trees lining the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Back Bay glow with white lights from early December, staying lit well into the winter.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Boston is around 4:12 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:44 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 11 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 21 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Adams Street Lights
- Lighting of the Ship in Martin's Park
- Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park
- Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall Holiday Lights
- Holiday Lights on Boston Common
- Boston Common and Frog Pond Holiday Lights
- Beacon Hill Holiday Decorations
- Boston Public Garden Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 6 on our 10-stop Boston lights loop — about 3.6 miles and 49 minutes of driving in total.