Hva som skjer i Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Dia de Reyes

  5.–6. janReligiøs høytid

  Sweet bread shared on 6 January with a figure baked inside, and whoever finds it owes tamales in February. The bakeries queue round the block on the fifth. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned

• Natur

  Jacaranda bloom

  20. feb – 10. apr · vanligvis

  Roma, Condesa and the avenues out to San Angel go purple for six weeks, usually from the end of February. The trees are not native; a Japanese gardener planted them in the 1930s. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Semana Santa, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Ozone alert season

  1. mar – 31. maiRøyksesong

  Still, sunny, rainless weeks in the basin cook the traffic exhaust into ozone, and the city declares contingencies that pull cars off the road. It clears the day the rains start. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgStengninger

  The capital empties for the week as families head to the coast, which makes it the easiest the traffic ever gets. Many small restaurants close with them. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Jacaranda bloom (20. feb – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Semana Santa

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Jacaranda bloom (20. feb – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Ozone alert season (1. mar – 31. mai), Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Sesong

  Afternoon storm season

  25. mai – 10. oktMonsunRisiko

  Bright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it. Plan the outdoor half of the day before three o'clock and the city works perfectly well.

Fortsatt på gang: Ozone alert season (1. mar – 31. mai)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (25. mai – 10. okt)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (25. mai – 10. okt)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (25. mai – 10. okt)

Travelt — El Grito, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  El Grito

  15.–16. sepStor festivalMye folkStengninger

  The Zocalo fills on the night of the fifteenth for the shout from the balcony, and the military parade takes the Reforma the next morning. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (25. mai – 10. okt)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Mexico City Grand Prix

• Natur

  Cempasuchil in the markets

  15. okt – 2. nov · vanligvisStor festival

  Orange marigolds arrive by the truckload for the altars, and the fields at Xochimilco and Tlahuac are worth the trip out before they are cut. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Mexico City Grand Prix

  30. okt – 1. novMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three days at the Autodromo at the end of October, overlapping Day of the Dead in most years. Between the two, that fortnight is the hardest of the year to book. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  31. okt – 2. novReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  Altars everywhere, a parade down Reforma that the city invented for a film, and the older, quieter version out in Mixquic and the southern boroughs. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon storm season (25. mai – 10. okt)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Mexico City Grand Prix

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Cempasuchil in the markets (15. okt – 2. nov (vanligvis)), Mexico City Grand Prix (30. okt – 1. nov), Day of the Dead (31. okt – 2. nov)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage

• Festival

  Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage

  11.–12. desPilegrimssesongMye folk

  Around ten million people reach the basilica in the north of the city over two days, many of them walking in from other states. Traffic on that side is written off. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16.–24. desJul og nyttår

  Nine nights of neighbourhood processions, punch and broken pinatas before Christmas. It happens on residential streets rather than in the centre, so you have to be invited or lucky. Kilde ↗