What's on in Trinidad (Trinidad de Cuba), Cuba through the year

Peak crowds — Semana de la Cultura Trinitaria, Dry season

• Festival

  Semana de la Cultura Trinitaria

  10–20 Jan · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The town's founding week in mid-January: concerts on the Plaza Mayor steps, exhibitions in the colonial houses, and everyone out on the cobbles after dark rather than in the bars. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)), Christmas and New Year (18 Dec – 2 Jan)

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Dry season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Dry season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, April recess (Playa Girón) in Cuba

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Fiestas Sanjuaneras, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The south coast takes less than Havana does, but the road up to Topes de Collantes and the coast road to Cienfuegos wash out after a big system. September and October are the exposed weeks. Source ↗

• Festival

  Fiestas Sanjuaneras

  24–27 JunCarnivalCrowdedBook early

  Trinidad's own carnival at the end of June: riders take the cobbled streets on horseback, floats come down from the plaza, and the casas along Calle Simon Bolivar are booked out for it. Source ↗

Busy — Summer holidays in Cuba, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

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

Busy — Summer holidays in Cuba, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

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

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

Nothing new starts in September.

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

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

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

Busy — Dry season

• Season

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 15 Apr · usuallyCrowded

  The high season: casas particulares booked ahead, the Casa de la Musica steps full every night, and the Topes de Collantes trails dry enough to reach the waterfalls without wading.

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

Peak crowds — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year

  18 Dec – 2 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The busiest fortnight of the year in the old town, with European visitors on top of Cuban families and every casa on the hill taken weeks ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually))