What's on in Rimini, Italy through the year

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

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Busy — Easter holidays in Italy, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

Busy — Beach clubs open, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Beach clubs open

  20 May – 20 Sep · usuallySummer season opensCrowded

  The numbered bagni that run the whole fifteen kilometres of sand open with their loungers, showers and kitchens for the season only. Out of it the beach is a bare strip and the front is boarded.

Peak crowds — Beach clubs open, La Notte Rosa

• Hazard

  Mucilage and algal blooms

  15 Jun – 31 Aug · usuallyAlgae & red tide

  The northern Adriatic is shallow and warm and in some summers it produces mucilage, a brown gel that clings to swimmers and shuts the water for a few days. It is not every year and the regional agency posts the bulletins. Source ↗

• Season

  Sea warm enough

  20 Jun – 20 Sep · usually

  Shallow enough that the water warms quickly and you can wade a long way out, which is why this coast is where Italian families bring small children. It cools as fast in October.

• Festival

  La Notte Rosa

  28 Jun – 10 Jul · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The Romagna riviera's opening night: concerts on the beach from dusk to dawn along the whole coast and fireworks at midnight. Trains run late and the seafront road shuts. Source ↗

Still on: Beach clubs open (20 May – 20 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Beach clubs open, La Notte Rosa

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Beach clubs open (20 May – 20 Sep (usually)), Mucilage and algal blooms (15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)), Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)), La Notte Rosa (28 Jun – 10 Jul (usually))

Peak crowds — Beach clubs open, Ferragosto

• Holiday

  Ferragosto

  1–31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The whole of northern Italy takes the same fortnight and the hotels here sell it as a fixed-week package. Rates fall by half in the first week of September for the same weather. Source ↗

Still on: Beach clubs open (20 May – 20 Sep (usually)), Mucilage and algal blooms (15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)), Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Beach clubs open, Summer holidays in Italy

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Beach clubs open (20 May – 20 Sep (usually)), Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

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

• Season

  Beach shuts, trade fairs fill

  1 Oct – 30 AprOff-season shutdown

  The seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.

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

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Beach shuts, trade fairs fill (1 Oct – 30 Apr)