Qué hay en San Juan (Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian, Cruise season in the old city

• Norma

  El Yunque timed reservation

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva prontoCierres

  The main road into the rainforest, the one with the waterfalls and the tower, needs a timed entry reservation booked ahead. Cars without one are turned round at the gate on busy mornings. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Bioluminescent bay nights

  1 Ene – 31 DicBioluminiscenciaReserva pronto

  Laguna Grande at Fajardo glows all year, but only on the dark nights: operators sell by moon phase, and a full moon washes it out entirely. Rain in the week before also thins it.

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian

  14–24 Ene · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Four nights that shut Old San Juan to traffic and close out the island's Christmas: cabezudos in the morning, artisans on Calle Norzagaray, and cobbles packed shoulder to shoulder after dark. Rooms in the old city go by autumn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cruise season in the old city (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Winter north swell (15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), The long Christmas season (19 Nov – 24 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Ponce Carnival, Cruise season in the old city

• Festival

  Ponce Carnival

  1 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteMucha gente

  The island's carnival happens in Ponce, ninety minutes south, in the week before Ash Wednesday: papier-mache vejigante masks, a Sunday parade and the burial of the sardine on the last night. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cruise season in the old city (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Winter north swell (15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Ponce Carnival

• Naturaleza

  Leatherback nesting

  1 Mar – 15 Jul · normalmenteAnidación de tortugas

  Leatherbacks come up the north-coast beaches through spring, and volunteer groups patrol the Pinones and Dorado sand at night. Nests are staked and the lights nearest them get shaded.

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Ponce Carnival (1 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Cruise season in the old city (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Winter north swell (15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Cruise season in the old city

• Riesgo

  Sargassum drift

  1 Abr – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de sargazo

  The city beaches at Condado and Isla Verde usually get off lightly; the east coast towards Fajardo and the offshore cays take far more. CariCOOS runs a Puerto Rico forecast that is worth ten minutes before booking. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 15 Jul (normalmente)), Cruise season in the old city (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 15 Jul (normalmente)), Sargassum drift (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Noche de San Juan, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  Maria came ashore in September 2017 and the island still plans around that month. The statistical peak is the first fortnight of September; June and November rarely deliver anything, and rates in those weeks show it. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Noche de San Juan

  23–24 JunFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The city's patron saint night: the whole of it goes to Condado or Isla Verde and walks backwards into the sea at midnight, three times, to shed the year. The beaches stay busy until dawn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 15 Jul (normalmente)), Sargassum drift (1 Abr – 31 Ago (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: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 15 Jul (normalmente)), Sargassum drift (1 Abr – 31 Ago (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: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum drift (1 Abr – 31 Ago (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: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Cruise season in the old city, The long Christmas season

• Temporada

  Cruise season in the old city

  1 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter. The blue cobbles are worth walking before ten or after five. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Winter north swell

  15 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de surfRiesgo

  North Atlantic storms send swell onto the whole north coast through the winter, which is when the surf towns west of the city work and when the city beaches fly rip current flags.

• Festivo

  The long Christmas season

  19 Nov – 24 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Parrandas start after Discovery Day in November and the season refuses to end at New Year: Three Kings on 6 January, then the Octavitas, then SanSe closes it in the third week of January. Two months of it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Cruise season in the old city

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: El Yunque timed reservation (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bioluminescent bay nights (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cruise season in the old city (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Winter north swell (15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), The long Christmas season (19 Nov – 24 Ene)