Agenda di Mombasa, Kenya sepanjang tahun

Puncak keramaian — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Januari.

Masih berlangsung: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Des – 15 Mar (biasanya)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Des – 31 Mar (biasanya)), Festive season peak (18 Des – 5 Jan (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Ramadan, Kaskazi, the calm season

• Libur

  Ramadan

  17 Feb – 19 MarPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 MarRamadan & IdulfitriRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Des – 15 Mar (biasanya)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Des – 31 Mar (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Alam

  Green turtle nesting

  1 Mar – 31 Jul · biasanya

  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.

• Libur

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AprPaskah & Pekan SuciRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Ramadan (17 Feb – 19 Mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 Mar), Kaskazi, the calm season (1 Des – 15 Mar (biasanya)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 Des – 31 Mar (biasanya))

Ramai — Easter long weekend, libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Musim

  The long rains

  1 Apr – 15 Jun · biasanyaMusim hujan (monsun)Penutupan

  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.

Masih berlangsung: Ramadan (17 Feb – 19 Mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 Mar), Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (biasanya)), Easter long weekend (3–6 Apr)

Sepi — libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Mei.

Masih berlangsung: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (biasanya)), The long rains (1 Apr – 15 Jun (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

• Musim

  Kusi, the cool monsoon

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · biasanyaMusim angin

  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.

Masih berlangsung: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (biasanya)), The long rains (1 Apr – 15 Jun (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 5 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Juli.

Masih berlangsung: Green turtle nesting (1 Mar – 31 Jul (biasanya)), Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (biasanya))

Ramai — Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi), libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Libur

  Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi)

  20–30 Agu · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di September.

Masih berlangsung: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Sep (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Oktober.

Sepi — libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di November.

Puncak keramaian — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

• Musim

  Kaskazi, the calm season

  1 Des – 15 Mar · biasanyaMusim hujan (monsun)Ramai

  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.

• Alam

  Whale sharks off the coast

  1 Des – 31 Mar · biasanyaMusim menyelam

  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.

• Libur

  Festive season peak

  18 Des – 5 Jan · biasanyaNatal & Tahun BaruRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗