What's on in Córdoba, Argentina through the year

Peak crowds — Festival de Cosquín, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Festival de Cosquín

  18 Jan – 5 Feb · usuallyMusic festivalCrowdedBook early

  Nine nights of folklore on the Próspero Molina stage in Cosquín, an hour into the Punilla valley, running to three in the morning. Beds in the valley go months ahead and the buses back run all night. Source ↗

Still on: Hail and summer storms (1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)), Christmas and New Year (24 Dec – 1 Jan)

Peak crowds — Festival de Cosquín, Cosquín Rock

• Festival

  Cosquín Rock

  1–28 Feb · usuallyMusic festivalCrowdedBook early

  The folklore festival's loud cousin, a two-day multi-stage weekend at the aerodrome in Santa María de Punilla that pulls tens of thousands out of the city. Camping sells out before the line-up is finished. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Carnival long weekend

  14–17 FebCrowdedBook early

  Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer. Long-distance buses and domestic flights fill and rates rise in popular towns, and local comparsas parade in many places. Source ↗

Still on: Festival de Cosquín (18 Jan – 5 Feb (usually)), Hail and summer storms (1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))

Peak crowds — Vendimia in Colonia Caroya, Summer holidays in Argentina

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  Vendimia in Colonia Caroya

  1–20 Mar · usuallyHarvestCrowded

  Colonia Caroya, north of the city, celebrates its grape harvest and Friulian roots with a harvest queen, a grape-treading Sagra de la Uva on the main avenue and open wineries and salami makers. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Semana Santa in the sierras

  2–5 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  The Easter long weekend is one of the busiest of the year in the Cordoba hills, with Via Crucis walks up hills such as Las Gemelas and processions in colonial towns. Book lodging and buses early. Source ↗

Still on: Carnival long weekend (14–17 Feb)

Busy — Semana Santa in the sierras

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Semana Santa in the sierras (2–5 Apr)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  Dry winter

  15 May – 15 Sep · usuallyDry season

  Rain almost disappears from late autumn to early spring, leaving clear days, crisp nights and bare brown hills. Good for walking the city and hiking the sierras; frost is common in the valleys.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Dry winter (15 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Fiesta del Chocolate Alpino, Winter recess in Argentina

• Festival

  Fiesta del Chocolate Alpino

  1–31 Jul · usuallyFood & drink festivalCrowded

  Villa General Belgrano, the Alpine-style town in the Calamuchita valley, turns the winter school holidays into a month of chocolate, fondue, Central European food and folk dancing, with free entry. Source ↗

Still on: Dry winter (15 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Dry winter (15 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Fiesta Nacional de la Cerveza, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de la Cerveza

  28 Sep – 20 Oct · usuallyFood & drink festivalCrowdedBook early

  Villa General Belgrano, a Central European settlement two hours south in the Calamuchita valley, spends the first half of October on its beer festival. The village triples and the road in is single lane. Source ↗

Still on: Dry winter (15 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Fiesta Nacional de la Cerveza

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Fiesta Nacional de la Cerveza (28 Sep – 20 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Hail and summer storms

  1 Nov – 28 Feb · usuallyStorm season

  The sierras west of the city build some of the most violent storms anywhere: hail big enough to write off parked cars, and flash floods in the valley rivers that catch swimmers downstream of dry-looking weather. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays in Argentina

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dec – 1 JanChristmas & New YearClosures

  Argentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks. Shops close early on those evenings, and on 25 December and 1 January almost everything is shut, including many restaurants. Source ↗

Still on: Hail and summer storms (1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))