O que acontece em Durban, África do Sul, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break em África do Sul

• Temporada

  Swimmable sea all year

  1 Jan – 31 DezMar bom para nadar

  The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit. The netted beaches on the Golden Mile are patrolled year round.

Ainda em andamento: Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), South African summer holidays (15 Dez – 15 Jan)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Term 1–2 (autumn) break em África do Sul, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Easter on the Golden Mile

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedo

  The inland provinces drive down for the long weekend and the beachfront runs at capacity while the water is still warm. The N3 from Johannesburg is the busiest road in the country on the Thursday. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter on the Golden Mile, Term 1–2 (autumn) break em África do Sul

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Easter on the Golden Mile (3–6 Abr)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Natureza

  Sardine run

  25 Mai – 20 Jul · normalmenteTemporada de vida selvagem

  Cold water pushes shoals of sardines up from the Eastern Cape with gannets, dolphins and sharks behind them, most reliably in the last two weeks of June. The KwaZulu-Natal leg has been patchy since the 2000s, so nobody sells it as a certainty. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Comrades Marathon, Term 2–3 (winter) break em África do Sul

• Natureza

  Humpback migration

  1 Jun – 30 NovTemporada de baleias

  The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September. No boat needed on a clear morning.

• Festival

  Comrades Marathon

  14 JunEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  Ninety kilometres between Durban and Pietermaritzburg, direction alternating each year, with about twenty thousand runners and the whole route lined. On an up year the start is in the city centre before dawn and roads shut with it. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  The Durban July

  4 JulEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  The country's biggest race day at Greyville on the first Saturday of July, and as much a fashion event as a horse race. Hotels take the whole week and rates roughly double around it. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sardine run (25 Mai – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — The Durban July, Term 2–3 (winter) break em África do Sul

• Festival

  Durban International Film Festival

  18 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmente

  Africa's longest-running film festival takes over the city's cinemas for the back end of July into early August, in the dry, mild middle of winter, which is the best time to be in Durban anyway. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sardine run (25 Mai – 20 Jul (normalmente)), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), The Durban July (4 Jul)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Durban International Film Festival (18 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Heritage Day, Term 3–4 (spring) break em África do Sul

• Feriado

  Heritage Day

  24 SetFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  A public holiday that South Africa has quietly turned into a national braai; the beachfront and the parks fill from mid-morning and the shops keep Sunday hours. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Lotação máxima — Diwali, Term 3–4 (spring) break em África do Sul

• Festival

  Diwali

  15 Out – 15 Nov · normalmenteLotado

  Durban has one of the largest Indian communities outside India and the festival shows in Chatsworth and Phoenix rather than downtown — lights, sweets and fireworks for the best part of a week. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Movimentado — Diwali, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Risco

  Summer storm and flood season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de tempestades

  KwaZulu-Natal's rain comes as violent afternoon storms and, every few years, as the kind of flooding that takes out roads and closes the beaches to swimming for days on hygiene grounds. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Humpback migration (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Diwali (15 Out – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break em África do Sul

• Feriado

  South African summer holidays

  15 Dez – 15 JanFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  The single busiest month here: Gauteng empties onto this coast, the beachfront is shoulder to shoulder, and every apartment on the north and south coasts is let. Book by winter or take February instead. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Swimmable sea all year (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer storm and flood season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))