Qué hay en Mombasa, Kenia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Festive season peak (18 Dic – 5 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ramadan, Kaskazi, the calm season

• Festivo

  Ramadan

  17 Feb – 19 MarCierres

  The Old Town keeps the fast: daytime eating places shut, working hours move, and the streets around Mackinnon Market fill in the hour before sunset. Beach hotels carry on as normal. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 MarRamadán y EidMucha gente

  Eid empties the city onto the beaches at Nyali and Diani for three or four days. The Likoni ferry and the matatus south are packed from first light and the coast road barely moves. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Naturaleza

  Green turtle nesting

  1 Mar – 31 Jul · normalmente

  Green turtles come up the beaches at Watamu and Diani through the middle of the year, and the local conservation groups move nests above the tide line and post the hatchings when they happen.

• Festivo

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha gente

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and many Kenyans head for the coast for the four-day weekend. Beach hotels fill and raise rates, and roads and the Mombasa train are busy, even though Easter often falls in the long rains. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ramadan (17 Feb – 19 Mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 Mar), Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter long weekend, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  The long rains

  1 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteMonzónCierres

  The real thing on this coast: days of rain, seaweed piled on the beaches and a good share of the south-coast hotels closed for renovation. Room rates are at their lowest of the year.

Sigue en marcha: Ramadan (17 Feb – 19 Mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 Mar), Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)), Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)), The long rains (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

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

• Temporada

  Kusi, the cool monsoon

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de viento

  The southeast monsoon blows steadily and takes the edge off the whole coast. Rougher water, cheaper rooms, and the kite crowd out on Diani an hour to the south.

Sigue en marcha: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)), The long rains (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)), Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi), vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi)

  20–30 Ago · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  Mawlid al-Nabi, the Prophet's birthday, is marked in Mombasa with mosque gatherings, Quran recitation, and family visits; the date shifts with the Islamic calendar. Lamu's version up the coast draws the bigger crowds. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

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

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

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

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

• Temporada

  Kaskazi, the calm season

  1 Dic – 15 Mar · normalmenteMonzónMucha gente

  The northeast monsoon: hot, humid and close to windless, with the flattest water and the clearest visibility on the reef. It is also the coast's high season, and priced like it.

• Naturaleza

  Whale sharks off the coast

  1 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de buceo

  Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself. Sightings are a matter of luck, not schedule.

• Festivo

  Festive season peak

  18 Dic – 5 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Nairobi comes down to the coast in force. Hotel rates roughly double, the Likoni ferry queue runs to an hour, and every beach bar has a band on. Fuente ↗