What's on in St. Augustine, United States through the year

Peak crowds — Nights of Lights, Winter / Christmas break in United States

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Nights of Lights (21 Nov – 31 Jan (usually)), Right whale calving season (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Right whale calving season (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Spring break, Spring break in United States

• Holiday

  Spring break

  1 Mar – 10 Apr · usuallySchool holidaysCrowded

  March fills the beaches at St Augustine Beach and Vilano with families and Florida students, though the old town itself stays a walking-tour crowd rather than a party one. Source ↗

Still on: Right whale calving season (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Spring break

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Spring break (1 Mar – 10 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Nature

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 May – 31 Oct

  Loggerheads nest along the county's beaches from May, with hatchlings running into October. Beach driving is restricted and the dune-line lighting rules are enforced through the whole season. Source ↗

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

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The Atlantic season runs June to November. The old town sits barely above the Matanzas and has flooded to the doorsteps twice in the last decade, from storms that never made landfall here. Source ↗

• Hazard

  Summer heat

  15 Jun – 10 Sep · usuallyExtreme heat

  Hot and heavy with an afternoon storm most days, and the narrow old streets hold it. The fort and the walking tours are morning things in these months, whatever the schedule says. Source ↗

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

Peak crowds — Independence Day, Summer break in United States

• Holiday

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulNational holidayCrowdedClosures

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Source ↗

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer heat (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

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), Summer heat (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer heat (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

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

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Nights of Lights

• Festival

  Nights of Lights

  21 Nov – 31 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Three million white lights go up over the old town from the Saturday before Thanksgiving and stay until late January, which turns a quiet coastal off-season into the busiest weekends of the year. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovNational holidayCrowdedClosures

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Source ↗

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Peak crowds — Nights of Lights, Winter / Christmas break in United States

• Nature

  Right whale calving season

  1 Dec – 15 Mar · usuallyWhale season

  This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population. Sightings from the beach happen most winters and are counted individually.

Still on: Nights of Lights (21 Nov – 31 Jan (usually)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)