Qué hay en Durban, Sudáfrica, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break en Sudáfrica

• Temporada

  Swimmable sea all year

  1 Ene – 31 DicMar templado

  The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit. The netted beaches on the Golden Mile are patrolled year round.

Sigue en marcha: Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), South African summer holidays (15 Dic – 15 Ene)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Term 1–2 (autumn) break en Sudáfrica, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter on the Golden Mile

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The inland provinces drive down for the long weekend and the beachfront runs at capacity while the water is still warm. The N3 from Johannesburg is the busiest road in the country on the Thursday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter on the Golden Mile, Term 1–2 (autumn) break en Sudáfrica

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Easter on the Golden Mile (3–6 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Sardine run

  25 May – 20 Jul · normalmenteTemporada de fauna

  Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June. The KwaZulu-Natal leg has been patchy since the 2000s, so nobody sells it as a certainty. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Comrades Marathon, Term 2–3 (winter) break en Sudáfrica

• Naturaleza

  Humpback migration

  1 Jun – 30 NovTemporada de ballenas

  The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September. No boat needed on a clear morning.

• Festival

  Comrades Marathon

  14 JunEvento deportivoMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  Ninety kilometres between Durban and Pietermaritzburg, direction alternating each year, with about twenty thousand runners and the whole route lined. On an up year the start is in the city centre before dawn and roads shut with it. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  The Durban July

  4 JulEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The country's biggest race day at Greyville on the first Saturday of July, and as much a fashion event as a horse race. Hotels take the whole week and rates roughly double around it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sardine run (25 May – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — The Durban July, Term 2–3 (winter) break en Sudáfrica

• Festival

  Durban International Film Festival

  18 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmente

  Africa's longest-running film festival takes over the city's cinemas for the back end of July into early August, in the dry, mild middle of winter, which is the best time to be in Durban anyway. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sardine run (25 May – 20 Jul (normalmente)), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), The Durban July (4 Jul)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Durban International Film Festival (18 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Heritage Day, Term 3–4 (spring) break en Sudáfrica

• Festivo

  Heritage Day

  24 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  A public holiday that South Africa has quietly turned into a national braai; the beachfront and the parks fill from mid-morning and the shops keep Sunday hours. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Diwali, Term 3–4 (spring) break en Sudáfrica

• Festival

  Diwali

  15 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteMucha gente

  Durban has one of the largest Indian communities outside India and the festival shows in Chatsworth and Phoenix rather than downtown — lights, sweets and fireworks for the best part of a week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Diwali, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Summer storm and flood season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de tormentas

  KwaZulu-Natal's rain comes as violent afternoon storms and, every few years, as the kind of flooding that takes out roads and closes the beaches to swimming for days on hygiene grounds. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Diwali (15 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break en Sudáfrica

• Festivo

  South African summer holidays

  15 Dic – 15 EneVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The single busiest month here: Gauteng empties onto this coast, the beachfront is shoulder to shoulder, and every apartment on the north and south coasts is let. Book by winter or take February instead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Swimmable sea all year (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))