What's on in Makarska, Croatia through the year

Busy — Winter (Christmas) holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Bura season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Bura season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Spring (Easter) holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Bura season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Spring (Easter) holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Opening

  Biokovo park road season

  1 Apr – 31 OctTrail seasonBook early

  The mountain road and the glass Skywalk above the town are open from April to the end of October and shut for the winter. Only twenty cars go up each hour, so the slot is the thing to book, not the ticket. Source ↗

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

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct)

Busy — Summer holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Adriatic swimming season

  15 Jun – 5 Oct · usuallySea warm enough

  The sea here holds its warmth into October, which is why September is the local's answer: same water, half the sunbeds. The pebble beaches under the pines are the whole draw.

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct)

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Package-holiday peak

• Season

  Package-holiday peak

  5 Jul – 25 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Charter flights into Split fill the riviera for eight weeks and the coast road backs up at the changeover on Saturdays. Prices roughly double against June and drop again in the second week of September.

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct), Adriatic swimming season (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Package-holiday peak, Summer holidays in Croatia

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct), Adriatic swimming season (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Package-holiday peak (5 Jul – 25 Aug)

Busy — Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Battle of Makarska re-enactment

  15–20 Sep · usuallyMajor festival

  A staged ninth-century sea fight on the harbour pier one September evening, with fireworks at the end of it. Small-town theatre rather than a spectacle, and free to stand and watch. Source ↗

• Festival

  Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival

  25 Sep – 10 Oct · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  About thirty concerts spread across fourteen venues in town over a week, with musicians from as far as Scotland and the US alongside Croatia's own scene — a quieter, smaller sibling to the town's August jazz weekend. Source ↗

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct), Adriatic swimming season (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Busy — Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Biokovo park road season (1 Apr – 31 Oct), Adriatic swimming season (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival (25 Sep – 10 Oct (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Hazard

  Bura season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyWind seasonClosures

  The cold northeasterly falls off the Biokovo wall in winter and can shut the coast road and the island ferries for a day. Half the town is closed then anyway; it is a summer resort out of season. Source ↗

Busy — Winter (Christmas) holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Bura season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))