Qué hay en Madrid, España, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays en España

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas to Reyes (1 Dic – 6 Ene)

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

• Festival

  Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina

  1 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteCarnaval

  A city-run programme of parades and costume balls centred on Matadero and Madrid Rio, closing on Ash Wednesday with the mock funeral of a sardine carried to a bonfire in Casa de Campo. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Almond blossom

  5 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Some two thousand almond trees in the Quinta de los Molinos park in San Blas flower together for about two weeks, lately in February; weekend afternoons at peak bloom get crowded. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays en España

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha gente

  Processions cross the old centre from Jesus de Medinaceli and the Almudena, but half of Madrid drives out to the pueblos for the week, so the neighbourhood bars thin out even as the hotels fill. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnaval and the Entierro de la Sardina (1 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Almond blossom (5 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, Fiestas de San Isidro

• Festival

  Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas

  5 May – 10 Jun · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Las Ventas runs a card almost every evening for a month, the longest bullfighting feria in Spain. It is the reason central hotel prices stay high through May whatever else is on. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Fiestas de San Isidro

  7–17 MayFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Eleven days of free concerts and chotis dancing around the patron saint's day on 15 May, centred on the Pradera de San Isidro and Las Vistillas rather than the tourist streets. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas, MADO, Madrid Pride

• Festival

  MADO, Madrid Pride

  26 Jun – 6 Jul · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  One of the largest Pride weeks in Europe: Chueca is closed to traffic for days and the Saturday march fills Gran Via and the Paseo del Prado. Book the centre months out or stay outside it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas (5 May – 10 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — MADO, Madrid Pride, Summer holidays en España

• Riesgo

  Heatwave weeks

  1 Jul – 31 AgoCalor extremo

  AEMET runs heat warnings for the Madrid region through most of high summer, and the city plans around them: sightseeing before noon, nothing outdoors between two and eight, terraces after dark. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: MADO, Madrid Pride (26 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en España, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Residents' holiday month

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresCierres

  Madrilenos leave for the coast and family kitchens shut for a fortnight. The verbenas of San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and La Paloma in La Latina and Lavapies, 6 to 15 August, are what is left.

Sigue en marcha: Heatwave weeks (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Spanish Grand Prix at Madring, Summer holidays en España

• Festival

  Spanish Grand Prix at Madring

  4–20 Sep · normalmenteFin de semana de motorMucha genteReserva pronto

  Formula 1 moved the Spanish Grand Prix to a street-and-site circuit at IFEMA from 2026, contracted to 2035; the first race ran in mid-September. Hotel prices spike across the city for the weekend. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Fiesta de la Trashumancia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fiesta de la Trashumancia

  12–31 Oct · normalmenteCosechaMucha gente

  On a Sunday in the second half of October, shepherds walk well over a thousand merino sheep and goats from Casa de Campo up Calle Mayor to Sol and Cibeles, defending an old droving right through the city. Fuente ↗

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

• Festivo

  La Almudena

  9 NovFiesta religiosaCierres

  The city's own public holiday, with mass and a flower offering at the cathedral. Offices and many shops close; the museums do not. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to Reyes, Christmas holidays en España

• Festivo

  Christmas to Reyes

  1 Dic – 6 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Lights on Gran Via from late November, stalls in Plaza Mayor, twelve grapes at Sol on the 31st and the Reyes cabalgata on 5 January. The centre is at its most crowded on the evenings before Christmas. Fuente ↗