Sad or happy, tired of the heat or afraid of winter, the end of summer is always a milestone in the year. Which is why we have put together a list of all the best end of summer captions for you to share. And if you’re looking for short end of summer quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short End of Summer Captions
Tans fade but memories last.
Summer, you are my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye.
Summers must fall for fall to rise.
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam Keen
“The summer ends and we wonder where we are.” – Robert Peter Williams
Summer is over. Time to officially remember what day of the week it is.
“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting. — Peter Pan
“If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.” – Sarah Dessen
“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” – Sara Baume
“August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies.” – Rasmenia Massoud
“It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.” – Anna Godbersen
Summer is over. Time to officially remember what day of the week it is.
I dream of summers that last forever
Finding paradise wherever the end of summer takes us.
Safe to say we soaked up the summer.
This is not a goodbye, but a sea you real soon.
A summer well spent.
Another perfect summer in the books.
Goodbye, summer. Hello, pumpkin spice and everything nice.
“September was a thirty-days long goodbye to summer, to the season that left everybody both happy and weary of the warm, humid weather and the exhausting but thrilling adventures.” – Lea Malot
Keep calm and pretend you are at the beach
Summer ending is like a breakup, with iced coffee and flip-flops involved.
It was all a dream.
Sunsets and goodbyes, that’s how the summer ends.
“The end-of-summer winds make people restless.” — Sebastian Faulks
“Kiss me hard before you go, summertime sadness.” – Lana Del Rey, “Summertime Sadness”
I’m not ready for summer to end, but my bank account definitely is.
Goodbye summer, hello fall
Last rays of sunshine.
Sorry, no summer under the water
Saying goodbye to summer with a heart full of gratitude and memories.
Let us shell-abrate all the good times and tan lines.
Summer ain’t over yet!
“The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.” – George R.R. Martin
Summer should get a speeding ticket – goes by way too fast!
“I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine and a heart full of summer memories.” – Natasha Bedingfield
The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.
Felt cute. Might just keep pretending it’s summer until it’s actually summer again.
A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.
Summer might be ending, but my ability to be lazy knows no seasons.
“…and all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” – Oscar Wilde
Summer may be over, but our friendship is forever.
Summer’s a wave, catch it
“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” – Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty
“Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while, heaven can wait, we’re only watching the summer fade.” – David Bowie
“At the end of the day, you can focus on what’s tearing you apart or what’s keeping you together.” – Calvin Harris
The tan lines may fade but the memories will last forever.
Summer is ending, but my questionable fashion choices will live on.
Summer ending is just nature’s way of saying, ‘Time to layer up!’
Spending the end of summer on the beach
“Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.” – Hal Borland
You know it was a good summer when you’re extra sad it’s ending.
Summer ending, but our love for ice cream is eternal.
There is always that one summer that changes you.
Sunset, sand, and summer memories that will never fade.
Soaking up the last rays of sunshine before summer ends.
Party’s over.
“Summers come and go, but our love will never fade away.” – John Mayer
Goodbye to summer and hello to fall.
Fall, read the room. We’re not ready for you yet.
“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and like a dream of beauty glides away.”
Keep calm and pretend you are at the beach.
Celebrating the end of summer with my favorite people and memories.
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – William Shakespeare
Spotted: the last few days of summer. Catch ’em while you can!
Getting my Pumpkin Spice Lattes iced until further notice.
“September tries its best to have us forget summer.” – Bernard Williams
Counting down the days until it’s socially acceptable to wear chunky sweaters.
I’m already planning next summer.
“Summer lovin’ had me a blast, but it’s time to say goodbye and have a blast this fall.” – Grease
“Cause I’ve got that sunshine in my pocket and that goodbye summer in my feet.” – Justin Timberlake
This is not a goodbye, but a sea you real soon
Until next time, summer
I dream of a never-ending summer. Quick, someone make my dreams come true.
“Every perfect summer’s gotta say good night.” – Lorde, “Big Star”
“August slipped away like a bottle of wine.” — Taylor Swift, “august”
Sunsets are proof that beauty is fleeting.
August is like the Sunday of summer.
“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever.” ―E.B. White
A love letter to summer.
“Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
Saying goodbye to summer, one cute moment at a time.
“Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling.” – K.D. Lang
Hold the sunshine in your heart.
Endless summer memories in just a few words.
I guess not all goodbyes are sad. Ex: Goodbye, Monday.
It was all a dream
Summer is a state of mind.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
This summer was mermaid to last.
“Goodbye to you. Goodbye to everything that I knew. You were the one I loved. The one thing that I tried to hold onto.” — Michelle Branch, “Goodbye To You”
Last call for summer vibes.
Summer, you are my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye
“August, the summer’s last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.” – Henry Rollins
Made every adventure count.
“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.” ― Paul Monette
Throwing shade at summer as it fades away.
Can you do me a favor and just stay forever?
Farewell, summer! You will be missed.
Goodbye summer, hello cozy nights.
Love doesn’t fade with the end of summer. It blooms all year round.
Endings can be beautiful too. Goodbye, summer!
“Why do spring and summer have to go?” – Joe Wheeler
Oh no! Summer is over
All I’m going to say is it sure is rude of you, summer, to leave me like this.
August is like the Sunday of summer.
Salty about this ending.
Adding to the summer archives.
The best summers melt away as quickly as an ice cream cone in the sun.
Making every sunset count as summer fades away.
Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.
Goodbye summer. It’s been fun!
Until next time, summer.
Holding onto the warmth of summer as it slowly fades away.
It shore was a good summer.
Summer: the bookend between hello and goodbye.
90% happy, 10% burnt.
“Autumn is the antidote to stifling summer.”
Never stop chasing your summer
Sunsets and chill: the official way to bid summer adieu.
Dear summer, I miss you already.
“Gone are the birds that were our summer guests.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My summer wrap up.
“The end-of-summer winds make people restless.” – Sebastian Faulks
This is not a goodbye, but a sea you real soon.
When summer ends, the cuddles and cozy sweaters begin.
Sunsets are proof that no matter what, endings can be breathtakingly beautiful.
See you later, alligator.
“Summer ends, and Autumn comes.” – Hal Borland
Salty about summer ending
Cuteness overload: embracing the end of summer in style.
Chasing sunsets as summer comes to an end.
Summer ending, memories beginning.
“How much of the year is spring and fall! how little can be called summer! The grass is no sooner grown than it begins to wither.” – Henry David Thoreau
Wake me up when it’s next summer.
Embracing the changing seasons and bidding farewell to summer.
“Our one wish is that the summer never ends!” – Paul Dini
You really put the ‘good’ in ‘goodbye.’
Cheers to memories we’ll never forget!
A summer I’ll always remember with people I’ll never forget
See you next summer.
Every summer has a story.
Embracing the last rays of summer with a smile.
“With all these lovely tokens of September days are here, with summers best of weather and the autumns best of cheer.” – Helen Hunt Jackson
Goodbye, summer bod. Hello, sweater weather!
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” —William Shakespeare
A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.
So that is it for our list of End of Summer Captions. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
For more great ideas, check out our other lists of End of Summer Letter Board Quotes, August Letter Board Quotes and August Captions.
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Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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