What's on in Zadar, 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: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)

Busy — Spring (Easter) holidays in Croatia, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

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

• Season

  Summer ferry timetable

  1 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallySummer season opens

  The catamarans to Dugi Otok, Silba and the Kornati run several times a day in summer and drop to one sailing, sometimes none, in winter. Island day trips only really work inside this window.

• Season

  Sea warm enough

  15 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  Clear and comfortable from mid-June, warmest in August and still fine through September once the coast empties. Swimming here is off rock and concrete more than sand.

Peak crowds — August peak, Summer holidays in Croatia

• Festival

  Night of the Full Moon

  6–9 AugMajor festivalCrowded

  For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches. The dates move between mid-July and August. Source ↗

• Holiday

  August peak

  15 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Central European families and the Kornati charter fleet arrive in the same weeks, and the old town, the ferries and the coast road all run at capacity. Late September is the same sea for less. Source ↗

Still on: Summer ferry timetable (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Night of the Full Moon, August peak

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Summer ferry timetable (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Night of the Full Moon (6–9 Aug), August peak (15 Jul – 31 Aug)

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

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Summer ferry timetable (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Bura

  15 Oct – 15 AprWind seasonRiskClosures

  The northeasterly comes down off the Velebit in gusts strong enough to close the Maslenica bridge and the A1 to high-sided vehicles, and it cancels the island boats. Clear, cold and violent for a day or two at a time. Source ↗

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

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: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)

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

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Bura (15 Oct – 15 Apr)