Qué hay en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, South African summer holidays

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente)), The south-easter (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), South African summer holidays (15 Dic – 15 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Cape wine harvest

  1 Feb – 10 Abr · normalmente

  The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it. Local consensus puts March as the best month of the year here.

Sigue en marcha: Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente)), The south-easter (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Cape Town Cycle Tour

• Festival

  Cape Town Cycle Tour

  8 MarEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Around 35,000 riders take the peninsula loop on a Sunday in early March, and most of the coastal road system closes for the morning. Plan nothing that needs a car that day. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Good Friday and Family Day on Easter Monday make a four-day weekend that often runs into the school holidays. South Africans head for the coast, the mountains and the bush, so accommodation books out, national roads are busy and many shops close on Good Friday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cape wine harvest (1 Feb – 10 Abr (normalmente)), Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Easter long weekend

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Cape wine harvest (1 Feb – 10 Abr (normalmente)), Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr), Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Term 2–3 (winter) break en Sudáfrica

• Naturaleza

  Southern right whales

  1 Jun – 30 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de ballenas

  The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Term 2–3 (winter) break en Sudáfrica

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southern right whales (1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  West Coast flower season

  1 Ago – 20 Sep · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September. The daisies only open in sun and close by mid-afternoon, so it is a late-morning drive. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southern right whales (1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Term 3–4 (spring) break en Sudáfrica

• Festival

  Hermanus Whale Festival

  2–4 OctTemporada de ballenasMucha gente

  Three days on Walker Bay, two hours east, built around whales that are close enough to watch from the cliff path. The town is full and the road out of Cape Town on the Friday is slow. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southern right whales (1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)), West Coast flower season (1 Ago – 20 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Hermanus Whale Festival

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Southern right whales (1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hermanus Whale Festival (2–4 Oct)

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Mountain fire season

  1 Nov – 15 May · normalmenteTemporada de humoCierres

  The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads. The park keeps crews on standby from November to May; smoke can sit over the city bowl for a day after the flames are out. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  The south-easter

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de vientoCierres

  The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time. It is at its hardest from November to February and decides your mountain day far more than the forecast does. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Kirstenbosch sunset concerts

  20 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March. Picnic blankets go down hours early and the big names sell out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southern right whales (1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, South African summer holidays

• Festivo

  South African summer holidays

  15 Dic – 15 Ene · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mountain fire season (1 Nov – 15 May (normalmente)), The south-easter (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))