Listed below are farmers markets currently operating throughout the Hawaiian Islands. We also provide tips for getting the most out of your shopping day and a guide to what’s in season throughout the year.
Tips for shopping at a farmers market
- Bring a shopping cart, basket, or bags
- Bring cash in small denominations
- Prepare a shopping list to help you shop efficiently
- Be flexible and adapt your shopping list to what is available that day
- In addition to fresh produce and local products, you can find ready-to-eat snacks and meals
Please kokua. Follow safety guidelines such as wearing a mask and social distancing.
KCC farmers market (L) mangosteen and (R) pink guava 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Hawai’i seasonal fruits & vegetables
Listed below are fruits and vegetables you might expect to see in farmers markets each month. However, consider this a very a rough guide.
- There may be some varieties of produce available year-round, but the most popular variety available in Hawai’i has a shorter peak season.
- Different varieties of fruits and vegetables may be unfamiliar to you and go unrecognized—for example, there are many kinds of bananas, oranges, papayas, eggplants, sweet potatoes, squashes, cabbages, and many types of Asian greens. These varieties may be differently colored or shaped and larger or smaller in size than the commercially grown crops commonly found at supermarkets. Yet, these lesser known, locally grown varieties often have more interesting flavor.
- Weather conditions can affect the harvest on any given day during a season. During periods of excessive (or too little) rain, availability can decrease or disappear altogether.
There are still other fruits and vegetables not listed below that you may find at Hawai’i farmers markets. For example: star apple, banana flower, cherimoya, egg fruit, loquat, mangosteen, white sapote, black/chocolate sapote, soursop (aka guanabana), wing beans, and many more. Be sure to ask about anything that isn’t familiar—find out from the grower how to prepare it and then buy some to take home. You’ll never know until you try it! You may find a new favorite.
Finally, we didn’t include some produce that is common in many supermarkets, such as kale, potatoes, radish, and asparagus, to name a few. So, expect to also find a lot of familiar produce among the surprises.
Longan look scrubby and dry but inside these tropical fruits are onolicious – 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Winter seasonal Hawai’i produce
Available year-round:
- Fruits: coconuts, longan, papaya, pineapple, ‘ulu (aka breadfruit)
- Vegetables: cabbage, herbs, lettuces and greens, mushrooms, sprouts
January is peak season for:
February is peak season for:
- Fruits: citrus (lime, orange), guava, rambutan, starfruit, strawberry
- Vegetables: avocado, bitter melon, corn, sweet potato
March is peak season for:
- Fruits: citrus (lime, orange), guava, rambutan, starfruit, strawberry
- Vegetables: bitter melon, corn, eggplant, sweet potato, taro
You may find some common produce at a Hawai’i farmers market that looks different from supermarket varieties, like these pink radishes the size of a football – 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Spring seasonal Hawai’i produce
Available year-round:
- Fruits: coconuts, longan, papaya, pineapple, ‘ulu (aka breadfruit)
- Vegetables: cabbage, herbs, lettuces and greens, mushrooms, sprouts
April is peak season for:
- Fruits: guava, orange, starfruit, strawberry
- Vegetables: beans, bitter melon, celery, corn, cucumber, eggplant, ginger root, lettuces, onion, green pepper, sweet potato, taro
May is peak season for:
- Fruits: lychee
- Vegetables: beans, bitter melon, celery, corn, cucumber, eggplant, ginger root, onion, green pepper, sweet potato, taro, tomato, watercress
June is peak season for:
- Fruits: apple banana, dragon fruit, jackfruit, lime, lychee, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon), passionfruit (aka lilikoi)
- Vegetables: beans, bitter melon, celery, corn, cucumber, eggplant, ginger root, luau (taro) leaf, onion, green pepper, sweet potato, taro, tomato, watercress
In addition to local produce, you’ll find onolicious products like these Hawaiian Grown fruit jams and coconut butter – 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Summer seasonal Hawai’i produce
Available year-round:
- Fruits: coconuts, longan, papaya, pineapple, ‘ulu (aka breadfruit)
- Vegetables: cabbage, herbs, lettuces and greens, mushrooms, sprouts
July is peak season for:
- Fruits: apple banana, dragon fruit, jackfruit, lime, lychee, mango, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon), passionfruit (aka lilikoi)
- Vegetables: beans, celery, cucumber, daikon, ginger root, luau (taro) leaf, onion, green pepper, Chinese squash (aka bottle gourd, opo or long squash), taro, tomato, watercress
August is peak season for:
- Fruits: mountain apple (ohi’a ’ai [oh-hee AH eye]), apple banana, dragon fruit, guava, jackfruit, lime, lychee, mango, melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon), passionfruit (aka lilikoi)
- Vegetables: beans, celery, cucumber, daikon, ginger root, lettuces, luau (taro) leaf, onion, green pepper, pumpkin (kabocha, winter squash), Chinese squash (aka bottle gourd, opo or long squash), tomato, watercress, zucchini
September is peak season for:
- Fruits: mountain apple (ohi’a ’ai [oh-hee AH eye]), apple banana, dragon fruit, guava, jackfruit, lime, lychee, mango, melons (honeydew, watermelon), orange, persimmon, starfruit
- Vegetables: daikon, ginger root, lettuces, onion, pumpkin (kabocha, winter squash), Chinese squash (aka bottle gourd, opo or long squash), tomato, watercress, zucchini
If you see something unfamiliar at the farmers market, ask the producer how to prepare it, then buy some to try. You may discover a new favorite food. 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Fall seasonal Hawai’i produce
Available year-round:
- Fruits: coconuts, longan, papaya, pineapple, ‘ulu (aka breadfruit)
- Vegetables: cabbage, herbs, lettuces and greens, mushrooms, sprouts
October is peak season for:
- Fruits: atemoya (custard-apple), apple banana, dragon fruit, guava, jackfruit, lime, mango, orange, persimmon, starfruit, watermelon
- Vegetables: daikon, onion, pumpkin (kabocha, winter squash), zucchini
November is peak season for:
- Fruits: atemoya (custard-apple), dragon fruit, guava, jackfruit, lime, orange, rambutan, starfruit, tangerine
- Vegetables: avocado, corn, pumpkin (kabocha, winter squash), taro, zucchini
December is peak season for:
- Fruits: atemoya (custard-apple), lime, orange, rambutan, starfruit, tangerine
- Vegetables: avocado, corn, pumpkin (kabocha, winter squash), taro, zucchini
Kukui Sausage Company hot dog specials at KCC farmers market 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Get more info about Hawai’i fruits and vegetables in the following seasonal guides:
- Seasonality Guide for Hawai’i Fruits & Vegetables (PDF)
- Hawai’i Fruits & Vegetables Seasonality Chart (PDF)
- Seasonal Guide to Exotic Hawaiian Fruit
List of Hawai’i Farmers Markets
(Updated April 2021. Listed alphabetically by island, then by day of week)
Scroll through the list farmers markets below, or jump to any market immediately by clicking on the link in the following list:
- Big Island: Hilo Farmers Market
- Big Island: Waimea Town Market
- Big Island: Keahou Farmers Market
- Kauaʻi Culinary Market
- Kauaʻi Community Market
- Maui: Upcountry Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: Honolulu Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: WaimeaV alley Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: Kailua Farmers’ Market
- Oʻahu: KCC Farmers’ Market
- Oʻahu: Kaka‘ako Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: Pearlridge Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: Mililani Farmers Market
- Oʻahu: Lōkahi Kailua Market
Assorted musubi snacks awaiting hungry shoppers at Hilo farmers market 2010 photo by Carole Cancler
Big Island: Hilo Farmers Market
- Where: Located at the corner of Mamo and Kamehameha Ave, parking is available at Mo’oheau Park or on side streets
- When: Open daily, 7:00am-3:00pm. BIG market days are Wednesday and Saturday. EBT/SNAP accepted.
- Website: Hilo Farmers Market Home Page
Big Island: Waimea Midweek Farmers Market
- Where: Pukalani Stables, 67-139 Pukalani Road, Kamuela HI 96743
- When: Wednesday, 9AM-1PM
- Website: https://waimeamidweekfarmersmarket.com/
Big Island: Waimea Town Market
- Where: Parker School, 65-1224 Lindsey Rd, Waimea, HI 96743
- When: Saturday, 7:30 am-12:00 pm
- Website: https://waimeatownmarket.com/
Big Island: Kamuela Farmers Market
- Where: Pukalani Stables, 67-139 Pukalani Road, Kamuela HI 96743
- When: Saturday, 7:30 am-1:00 pm
- Website: https://www.kamuelafarmersmarket.com/
Big Island: Keahou Farmers Market
- Where: Keahou Shopping Center, 78-6831 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
- When: Saturday, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
- Website: Keauhou Farmers Market by Kona County Farm Bureau
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If you see something unfamiliar, be sure to ask the producer how to prepare it. You might discover a new favorite! – Hilo farmers market 2010 photo by Carole Cancler
Kauaʻi Monday Pau Hana Market
- Where: Kukui Grove Center, 3-2600 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, HI 96766
- When: Monday, 3:00-5:30PM
- Website: Monday Market | Kukui Grove Center | Lihue, HI
Kauaʻi Culinary Market
- Where: The Shops At Kukui’ula, 2829 Ala Kalanikaumaka, Koloa, HI 96756. Free parking.
- When: Wednesday, 3:30 pm-6:00 pm
- Website: Kauaʻi Culinary Market – Kauaʻi Grown – Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Kauaʻi South Shore Aloha Market Art + Farm
- Where: South Shore Visitor Center, 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756
- When: Thursday 10am-2pm.
- Website: https://ntbg.org/events/aloha/
Kauaʻi Community Market
- Where: Kauaʻi Community College, 3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihue, HI 96766
- When: Saturday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm
- Website: Kauaʻi Community Market
Maui: Upcountry Farmers Market
- Where: Kulamalu Town Center, 55 Kiopaa St, Makawao, HI 96768 (just off Kula Highway 37, anchored by Long’s Drugs), at the far end of the center, next to the football field (look for the signs.)
- When: Saturday, 7:00 am-11:00 am
- Website: Maui – Upcountry Farmers Market
Molokaʻi Homestead Farmers Market
- Where: Lanikeha Center, 2200 Farrington Ave, Hoolehua, HI 96729,
- When: First Saturday each month, 9AM-1PM
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/molokaiHFA and https://www.molokaihfa.com/
Molokai Sustainable Mobile Market
- Where: Order online Mondays-Tuesdays 6pm
- When: Pick up Thursdays @ Molokai Community Health Center and Fridays Maunaloa Store parking lot
- Website: https://www.sustainablemolokai.org/mobile-market/
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Taro fields in Hanalei Valley on the island of Kauaʻi – DepositPhotos.com
O’ahu: Honolulu Farmers Market
- Where: Neal S. Blaisdell Center, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814. Free parking in the Blaisdell parking lot.
- When: Wednesday, 4:00 pm-7:00 pm. EBT/SNAP accepted.
- Website: : Honolulu farmers market (hfbf.org)
O’ahu: Waimea Valley Farmers Market
- Where: Waimea Valley, 59-864 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaaawa, HI 96712
- When: Thursday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/WaimeaValley/
O’ahu: Kailua Farmers Market
- Where: Kailua Town Center, 609 Kailua Road, Honolulu, HI 96734
- When: Thursday, 4:00 pm-7:00 pm
- Website: https://hfbf.org/farmers-markets/oahu/
O’ahu: KCC Farmers Market
- Where: Kapiʻolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816. Ample parking in KCC lot C, enter from Diamond Head Rd.
- When: Saturday, 7:30 am-11:00 am
- Website: : https://hfbf.org/farmers-markets/kcc/ and KCC campusmap.pdf (hawaii.edu) and https://hfbf.org/farmers-markets/oahu/
O’ahu: Kaka‘ako Farmers Market
- Where: Ward Village, 919 Ala Moana Blvd AND 210 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814. Free self-parking in the surface lot at the corner of Ward Avenue and Auahi St (entrance on Auahi).
- When: Saturday, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
- Website: Kaka’ako Farmers Market | Facebook
O’ahu: Pearlridge Farmers Market
- Where: Pearlridge Center, 98-1005 Moanalua Rd, Aiea, HI 96701. Located at Pearlridge Mauka, off Moanalua Rd by Macy’s. Ample free parking.
- When: Saturday, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
- Website: Pearlridge Farmers Market – FarmLovers Markets (myshopify.com)
O’ahu: Mililani Farmers Market
- Where: Mililani High School, 95-1200 Meheula Pkwy, Mililani, HI 96789. Ample free parking.
- When: Sunday, 8:00 am-11:00 am
- Website: https://hfbf.org/farmers-markets/mililani/
O’ahu: Lōkahi Kailua Market
- Where: Lōkahi Kailua Market, 340 Uluniu Street, Kailua, HI 96734.
- When: Sunday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm
- Website: https://lokahikailuamarket.com/
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Fresh sugar cane stacked up at KCC farmers market waiting to be made into a beverage for thirsty shoppers – 2021 photo by Carole Cancler
Calendar of farmers markets across Hawai’i
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