Qué hay en Mendoza, Argentina, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays en Argentina

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Aconcagua season and permits (1 Nov – 30 Abr), Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Carnival long weekend, Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia

• Festivo

  Carnival long weekend

  14–17 FebMucha genteReserva pronto

  Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer. Long-distance buses and domestic flights fill and rates rise in popular towns, and local comparsas parade in many places. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Grape harvest

  15 Feb – 15 Abr · normalmente

  Picking runs from mid-February into April, earliest in the warm east and latest up in the Uco Valley. Wineries run harvest lunches and the roads out to Lujan and Vistalba are full of trucks.

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia

  25 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteFestival gastronómicoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The province crowns a harvest queen in a Greek theatre in the hills with fireworks over the city, after a week of parades and blessings. Hotels are booked out a year ahead for the Saturday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Aconcagua season and permits (1 Nov – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Summer holidays en Argentina

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  2–5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival long weekend (14–17 Feb), Grape harvest (15 Feb – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia (25 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Aconcagua season and permits (1 Nov – 30 Abr)

Concurrido — Semana Santa

• Naturaleza

  Vineyards turning

  10 Abr – 20 May · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The vines go yellow and red after the picking, with the Andes white behind them, and the wineries are quiet enough to walk into. It is the photograph everyone associates with the province.

Sigue en marcha: Grape harvest (15 Feb – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Semana Santa (2–5 Abr), Aconcagua season and permits (1 Nov – 30 Abr)

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Zonda wind

  1 May – 31 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de viento

  A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert. Schools send children home and flights divert. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Vineyards turning (10 Abr – 20 May (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Cierre

  Pass to Chile shuts in snow

  1 Jun – 15 Sep · normalmenteRiesgo

  The Cristo Redentor crossing closes for a day or three whenever a front puts snow on the pass, most often between June and September. Buses to Santiago wait it out at Uspallata. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Zonda wind (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter recess en Argentina, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Zonda wind (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Zonda wind (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Zonda wind (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Zonda wind (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Norma

  Aconcagua season and permits

  1 Nov – 30 AbrTemporada de senderosReserva pronto

  The provincial park opens on 1 November and shuts at the end of April, with day trekking from mid-November to about 10 April. Every entry needs a permit, bought before you leave the city. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays en Argentina

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  Argentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks. Shops close early on those evenings, and on 25 December and 1 January almost everything is shut, including many restaurants. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Aconcagua season and permits (1 Nov – 30 Abr)