What's on in Ibiza (Eivissa), Spain through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

Busy — Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

Peak crowds — Opening parties, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain

• Opening

  Opening parties

  20 Apr – 20 May · usuallySummer season opensCrowdedBook early

  The clubs, the beach clubs and most of the island's restaurants all open across three or four weekends from late April. Before that weekend half of what you have read about is shut. Source ↗

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

Peak crowds — Opening parties, Dalt Vila medieval festival

• Rule

  Balearic tourist tax

  1 May – 31 Oct

  The sustainable tourism levy is charged per person per night on every regulated bed and is set several times higher between May and October than in winter. It is collected at the property, not in the booking. Source ↗

• Festival

  Dalt Vila medieval festival

  5–15 May · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The walled upper town is given over to a market and street theatre on the second Sunday of May, and it is the one time the old town belongs to residents rather than to the port. Source ↗

Still on: Opening parties (20 Apr – 20 May (usually))

Peak crowds — Nit de Sant Joan, Summer holidays in Spain

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 20 Oct · usually

  The water round Formentera and the north coast calas is usable well into October, weeks after the clubs have shut and the flights have thinned out.

• Festival

  Nit de Sant Joan

  23–24 JunMajor festivalCrowded

  Bonfires on the beaches on midsummer night and people jumping the waves at midnight, which is the island's own festival rather than an imported one. Source ↗

Still on: Balearic tourist tax (1 May – 31 Oct)

Peak crowds — August peak, Summer holidays in Spain

• Holiday

  August peak

  15 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The dearest six weeks in the Mediterranean: beds, ferries to Formentera and any table with a view all need booking, and the road to the west-coast sunset bars queues from six. Source ↗

Still on: Balearic tourist tax (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — August peak, Summer holidays in Spain

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Balearic tourist tax (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (usually)), August peak (15 Jul – 31 Aug)

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Closure

  Closing parties, then the shutdown

  28 Sep – 20 Apr

  The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them. From November most hotels, half the restaurants and the direct flights are gone until spring. Source ↗

Still on: Balearic tourist tax (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Balearic tourist tax (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (usually)), Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)

Busy — Christmas holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Closing parties, then the shutdown (28 Sep – 20 Apr)