What's on in Rovinj, 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: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Bura season (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Bura season (15 Nov – 15 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: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Bura season (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in April.

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

Nothing new starts in May.

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

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  The northern Adriatic runs a couple of degrees behind Dalmatia, so June is borderline and September is the better bet. Swimming here means the rocks of Zlatni rt, not sand.

Peak crowds — Italian and Austrian August, Summer holidays in Croatia

• Season

  Italian and Austrian August

  15 Jul – 25 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Istria is the nearest sea to Milan, Vienna and Munich, and the campsites either side of town hold tens of thousands. The old town lanes are single-file from six in the evening.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Italian and Austrian August, Grisia open-air art day

• Festival

  Grisia open-air art day

  5–25 Aug · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  For one Sunday in August the stepped street up to St Euphemia is hung with work by anyone who wants to show, professionals and children alike. It has run every year since 1967 and costs nothing. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Italian and Austrian August (15 Jul – 25 Aug)

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

• Season

  Truffles and new olive oil

  15 Sep – 30 Nov · usuallyHarvest

  White truffle from the Motovun forest peaks in October and November while the groves are picked and pressed, and the inland hill towns run tastings for a month. Half an hour inland, and the reason to come off-season. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Truffles and new olive oil (15 Sep – 30 Nov (usually))

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

• Season

  Out of season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  The campsites and most of the seafront restaurants close, though Rovinj keeps more open than the Dalmatian islands because Istrians actually live here year round. Source ↗

• Season

  Bura season

  15 Nov – 15 Mar · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The northeasterly comes down off the Ucka in gusts that empty the waterfront and shut the small boats. It leaves the clearest air of the year behind it.

Still on: Truffles and new olive oil (15 Sep – 30 Nov (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Out of season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Bura season (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))