Det sker i Rio de Janeiro (Rio), Brazil året igennem

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Regel

  Corcovado timed tickets

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  You reach the statue on the cog train or an authorised van, both sold as timed slots online, and the clear mornings after a storm sell out first. Turning up at Cosme Velho on the day rarely works. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Warmest sea of the year

  15. jan. – 15. apr. · normaltHavet er varmt nok

  The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.

Stadig i gang: Late-afternoon storms (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Reveillon on Copacabana (30. dec. – 1. jan.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Carnival

• Festival

  Carnival

  13.–18. feb.TætpakketBook tidligt

  The city stops for the best part of a week. Street blocos run from breakfast for a fortnight beforehand, the Sambadrome parades run overnight, and everything costs more. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Late-afternoon storms (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3.–5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Carnival (13.–18. feb.), Late-afternoon storms (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Semana Santa long weekend

• Helligdag

  Dia de Sao Jorge

  23. apr.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  A state holiday in Rio and a genuinely popular one: queues round the block at the Sao Jorge church in Quinta da Boa Vista from dawn, and offices and banks shut for the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Semana Santa long weekend (3.–5. apr.)

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Sæson

  Dry season

  15. maj – 15. sep. · normalt

  Warm days, cool nights and the clearest air of the year: the months when Corcovado and Pao de Acucar actually show you the city rather than a cloud.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Festa Junina

  1.–30. jun.Stor festival

  Bonfires, quadrilha dancing and corn in every form, held in squares and schools right through June, in the driest and clearest month of the year here. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Dry season (15. maj – 15. sep. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Brazilian winter holidays

• Sæson

  Brazilian winter holidays

  1.–31. jul.SkoleferieTætpakket

  Schools across the country break for July and Rio takes a domestic crowd rather than a foreign one. Sugarloaf and Corcovado queue on the clear days, and flights from Sao Paulo are priced for it.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Dry season (15. maj – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Natur

  Ipe trees in flower

  15. aug. – 30. sep. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Dry season (15. maj – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Dry season (15. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Ipe trees in flower (15. aug. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Risiko

  Late-afternoon storms

  1. dec. – 31. mar. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  Summer heat builds into heavy storms that arrive in the late afternoon and can flood the road tunnels and the north zone within an hour, then clear. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Reveillon on Copacabana

  30. dec. – 1. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  Two million people in white on the beach for midnight, offerings pushed into the sea, and no way in or out of the south zone by car for hours. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan. – 31. dec.)