Qué hay en Philipsburg (Sint Maarten), San Martín, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Cruise ship season, Christmas and New Year peak

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Cruise ship season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dic – 5 Ene)

Concurrido — Cruise ship season

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Cruise ship season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

• Festival

  St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

  5–8 MarEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Four days of racing out of Simpson Bay in the first week of March, and the shore parties pull a bigger crowd than the boats do. Rooms on the Dutch side go months ahead of it. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  SXM Festival

  9–17 Mar · normalmenteFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Five days of open-air electronic music at beach and hilltop sites in the second week of March, running past dawn. It books out the Simpson Bay end of the island months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cruise ship season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, St. Maarten Carnival

• Riesgo

  Sargassum on the windward coasts

  1 Abr – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de sargazo

  The drift piles up on the Atlantic-facing east and north shores; Great Bay in front of town faces south and usually escapes it. Check which way a beach points before you book a week on it. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 Abr – 30 Nov · normalmente

  Leatherbacks come first in spring, greens and hawksbills through the summer and autumn. Nests on the quieter beaches are staked off, and lights or furniture near one is a fineable business. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  St. Maarten Carnival

  10 Abr – 5 MayMucha genteCierres

  A month of it, not a weekend: the village by the Great Salt Pond opens in April and runs nightly until King Momo is burned in early May. The Grand Parade closes the roads through town for most of a day. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  King's Day

  26–27 AbrFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  The Dutch side takes 27 April off for the king's birthday, orange included, and it usually lands inside the carnival weeks. Government offices and banks shut; the beach bars do not. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cruise ship season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — St. Maarten Carnival

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the windward coasts (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), St. Maarten Carnival (10 Abr – 5 May)

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

• Riesgo

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  Six official months, but the risk concentrates between mid-August and mid-October. Irma flattened this island in September 2017 and everyone here still plans around that fortnight; read the airline change policy before you book it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the windward coasts (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente))

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

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the windward coasts (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

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

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the windward coasts (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Cruise ship season, Sint Maarten Day

• Temporada

  Cruise ship season

  1 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de crucerosMucha gente

  The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four. Published call schedules tell you which mornings to be anywhere else; the beach empties again by five. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Sint Maarten Day

  11 NovGran festivalCierres

  Both halves of the island mark the saint's day on 11 November with a parade and a joint ceremony at the border monument. Offices and most shops on the Dutch side close for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea turtle nesting (1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Cruise ship season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The dearest fortnight of the year on both sides of the island, with the yacht crowd in Simpson Bay and villas quoted at multiples of the spring rate. Restaurant tables need booking days ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cruise ship season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))