Hva som skjer i Rio de Janeiro (Rio), Brazil gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Regel

  Corcovado timed tickets

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  You reach the statue on the cog train or an authorised van, both sold as timed slots online, and the clear mornings after a storm sell out first. Turning up at Cosme Velho on the day rarely works. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Warmest sea of the year

  15. jan – 15. apr · vanligvisHavet er varmt nok

  The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.

Fortsatt på gang: Late-afternoon storms (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis)), Reveillon on Copacabana (30. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Carnival

• Festival

  Carnival

  13.–18. febMye folkBestill tidlig

  The city stops for the best part of a week. Street blocos run from breakfast for a fortnight beforehand, the Sambadrome parades run overnight, and everything costs more. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Late-afternoon storms (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

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

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3.–5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Carnival (13.–18. feb), Late-afternoon storms (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Semana Santa long weekend

• Helligdag

  Dia de Sao Jorge

  23. aprNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  A state holiday in Rio and a genuinely popular one: queues round the block at the Sao Jorge church in Quinta da Boa Vista from dawn, and offices and banks shut for the day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Warmest sea of the year (15. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Semana Santa long weekend (3.–5. apr)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Sesong

  Dry season

  15. mai – 15. sep · vanligvis

  Warm days, cool nights and the clearest air of the year: the months when Corcovado and Pao de Acucar actually show you the city rather than a cloud.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Festa Junina

  1.–30. junStor festival

  Bonfires, quadrilha dancing and corn in every form, held in squares and schools right through June, in the driest and clearest month of the year here. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Dry season (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Brazilian winter holidays

• Sesong

  Brazilian winter holidays

  1.–31. julSkoleferieMye folk

  Schools across the country break for July and Rio takes a domestic crowd rather than a foreign one. Sugarloaf and Corcovado queue on the clear days, and flights from Sao Paulo are priced for it.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Dry season (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Natur

  Ipe trees in flower

  15. aug – 30. sep · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Dry season (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Dry season (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Ipe trees in flower (15. aug – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Reveillon on Copacabana

• Fare

  Late-afternoon storms

  1. des – 31. mar · vanligvisFlomsesong

  Summer heat builds into heavy storms that arrive in the late afternoon and can flood the road tunnels and the north zone within an hour, then clear. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Reveillon on Copacabana

  30. des – 1. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  Two million people in white on the beach for midnight, offerings pushed into the sea, and no way in or out of the south zone by car for hours. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corcovado timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)