Qué hay en San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, a lo largo del año

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

• Riesgo

  Summer landslides in the Quebrada

  1 Ene – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de deslizamientos

  Summer storms send mud and rockslides across Ruta 9 near Volcan and Tunalito and Ruta 52 at the Cuesta de Lipan, cutting access to Purmamarca, Tilcara and Humahuaca for hours or days. Check road reports before a day trip. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval jujeño, Summer holidays en Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval jujeño

  1 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalMucha gente

  The city empties up the Quebrada for the nine days between the unearthing of the devil and its burial. What stays behind is neighbourhood comparsas, brass bands and a great deal of flour. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval jujeño, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  10 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de peregrinaciónMucha gente

  In the week before Easter, tens of thousands climb to the mountain shrine above Tumbaya and Tilcara and walk the Virgin down with brass bands; she reaches Tumbaya on Palm Sunday and Tilcara on Holy Wednesday. Fuente ↗

• 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: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Carnaval jujeño (1 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Punta Corral pilgrimage, Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Punta Corral pilgrimage (10 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)), Semana Santa (2–5 Abr)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Festival

  Inti Raymi, the Andean New Year

  20–21 JunGran festival

  Indigenous communities greet the winter solstice with offerings to the sun at dawn on 21 June; the best-known ceremony is at Huacalera on the Tropic of Capricorn, about two hours up the Quebrada. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess en Argentina

• Temporada

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  July is the province's busiest month by far: the city fills as the base for the Quebrada and the salt flats, the Tren Solar sells out and rooms up the valley go weeks in advance. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Argentine winter holidays, Éxodo Jujeño

• Festival

  Pachamama month

  1–31 Ago · normalmenteGran festival

  On 1 August families and neighbourhood groups open a hole in the ground and feed Mother Earth with food, coca and drink, and the ceremonies carry on through the month in the city's barrios and markets. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Éxodo Jujeño

  22–23 AgoFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  The province marks Belgrano's 1812 evacuation with an evocative march on the 22nd and a parade of some seventy-five gaucho centres on the 23rd. It is a provincial holiday and the city stops for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Argentine winter holidays (5 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 SepGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  A fortnight of school-built floats paraded through the city to open the spring, ending with the election of the national representative. Hotels fill and the school week loses days to it. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

• Festival

  Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

  1–31 OctFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Every Sunday in October the faithful walk, many barefoot, to the patron saint's sanctuary at Rio Blanco, a few kilometres outside the city. On 7 October, a local holiday, the cathedral holds the main mass and procession. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — un mes normal

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

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 ↗