Qué hay en Washington D. C., Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

• Norma

  Washington Monument timed tickets

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  The lift to the top runs on timed tickets released online a month ahead, with a small same-day batch in the morning. The African American History museum works the same way in the busy months. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Snow and ice shutdowns

  5 Ene – 28 Feb · normalmenteFrío extremoCierres

  A few inches closes the federal government, the schools and half the museums, and freezing rain does worse to the bridges. Some winters it never happens; the ones it does, it happens twice. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: National Christmas Tree season (1 Dic – 1 Ene)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Snow and ice shutdowns (5 Ene – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Cherry blossom peak bloom, National Cherry Blossom Festival

• Naturaleza

  Cherry blossom peak bloom

  20 Mar – 8 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  The Tidal Basin's Yoshinos hold peak bloom for four or five days, usually in the last week of March. The Park Service publishes a forecast from late February, and it moves by a fortnight either way. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  National Cherry Blossom Festival

  20 Mar – 14 Abr · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  Four weeks of programming fixed to a calendar, around a bloom that is not. Book the hotel for the festival and you may still miss the trees; book the forecast and you will pay for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Cherry blossom peak bloom

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cherry blossom peak bloom (20 Mar – 8 Abr (normalmente)), National Cherry Blossom Festival (20 Mar – 14 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Riesgo

  Summer heat and humidity

  20 Jun – 5 Sep · normalmenteCalor extremo

  The city was built on a river flat and the summer behaves accordingly, with afternoon thunderstorms and heat advisories through July and August. The monuments walk is best done at seven in the morning. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  24 Jun – 6 Jul · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  Two weeks of music, craft and cooking from a couple of featured cultures, staged free on the Mall either side of the Fourth. Shade is the scarce resource, not tickets. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Fourth of July on the Mall

• Festival

  Fourth of July on the Mall

  4 JulGran festivalMucha genteCierres

  The parade goes down Constitution Avenue in the morning and the fireworks go up behind the Washington Monument at dusk. Half of downtown closes and security screening starts hours ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente)), Smithsonian Folklife Festival (24 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  August recess

  1 Ago – 5 SepCierre de temporada baja

  Congress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks. Hotel rates fall while the museums stay open.

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente)), August recess (1 Ago – 5 Sep)

Concurrido — Marine Corps Marathon

• Naturaleza

  Fall colour

  20 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoño

  Rock Creek Park and the Virginia side of the Potomac turn from late October into the second week of November, a fortnight later than the Blue Ridge an hour west.

• Festival

  Marine Corps Marathon

  22 Oct – 2 Nov · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Twenty-odd thousand runners past the monuments and over the Potomac bridges on a Sunday at the end of October. Bridges and river-side roads close from before dawn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Marine Corps Marathon, Thanksgiving

• Festivo

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Fall colour (20 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Marine Corps Marathon (22 Oct – 2 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  National Christmas Tree season

  1 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año Nuevo

  The tree by the Ellipse is lit in early December and stays up to New Year, and Congress goes home. It is the quietest, cheapest month to have the museums to yourself. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)