O que acontece em Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Regra

  Washington Monument timed tickets

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Risco

  Snow and ice shutdowns

  5 Jan – 28 Fev · normalmenteFrio extremoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: National Christmas Tree season (1 Dez – 1 Jan)

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Snow and ice shutdowns (5 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cherry blossom peak bloom, National Cherry Blossom Festival

• Natureza

  Cherry blossom peak bloom

  20 Mar – 8 Abr · normalmenteLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  National Cherry Blossom Festival

  20 Mar – 14 Abr · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Cherry blossom peak bloom

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Cherry blossom peak bloom (20 Mar – 8 Abr (normalmente)), National Cherry Blossom Festival (20 Mar – 14 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — um dos melhores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Summer heat and humidity

  20 Jun – 5 Set · 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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  24 Jun – 6 Jul · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Fourth of July on the Mall

• Festival

  Fourth of July on the Mall

  4 JulGrande festivalLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Set (normalmente)), Smithsonian Folklife Festival (24 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  August recess

  1 Ago – 5 SetFechamento de baixa temporada

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Summer heat and humidity (20 Jun – 5 Set (normalmente)), August recess (1 Ago – 5 Set)

Movimentado — Marine Corps Marathon

• Natureza

  Fall colour

  20 Out – 15 Nov · normalmenteCores do outono

  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 Out – 2 Nov · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Marine Corps Marathon, Thanksgiving

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Fall colour (20 Out – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Marine Corps Marathon (22 Out – 2 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — National Christmas Tree season, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Feriado

  National Christmas Tree season

  1 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-Novo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)