What's on in Naples, Florida (Naples), United States through the year

Peak crowds — The winter season, Christmas and New Year

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Red tide risk (1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)), Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May), The winter season (15 Nov – 15 Apr), Christmas and New Year (24 Dec – 1 Jan)

Busy — The winter season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Red tide risk (1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)), Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May), The winter season (15 Nov – 15 Apr)

Peak crowds — The winter season, Spring break in United States

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May), The winter season (15 Nov – 15 Apr)

Busy — The winter season

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May), The winter season (15 Nov – 15 Apr)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Nature

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 May – 31 Oct

  Loggerheads nest along the Naples and Vanderbilt beaches from May, the first hatchlings come out in July, and the city runs lights-out rules on the beachfront until the last nest is gone.

Still on: Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May)

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The south-west Florida shelf turns storm surge into something the Atlantic coast rarely sees, and Ian put the pier and Fifth Avenue under water in 2022. September and October are the months. Source ↗

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct)

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Summer break in United States

• Hazard

  Red tide risk

  1 Sep – 28 Feb · usuallyAlgae & red tide

  Blooms of Karenia brevis drift onto this coast most often between autumn and late winter. In a bad year the beaches carry dead fish and the airborne toxin makes an hour outside unpleasant; check the state's daily map first. Source ↗

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  Stone crab season

  15 Oct – 1 MayForaging season

  Florida's stone crab season opens on 15 October and shuts on 1 May, and this stretch of coast is the centre of the fishery. Claws are landed, cooked and on a plate the same day; nothing about the autumn changes so sharply. Source ↗

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Red tide risk (1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually))

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, The winter season

• Season

  The winter season

  15 Nov – 15 AprWinter-sun seasonCrowded

  Naples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back. Restaurants on Fifth Avenue stop taking walk-ins, Tamiami Trail crawls, and everything is dearer.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Red tide risk (1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)), Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May)

Peak crowds — The winter season, Christmas and New Year

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dec – 1 JanChristmas & New YearClosuresCrowded

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Source ↗

Still on: Red tide risk (1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)), Stone crab season (15 Oct – 1 May), The winter season (15 Nov – 15 Apr)