SeasonMap

Carnival, month by month around the world

The week before Lent, and the biggest party of the year where it counts.

130 destinations on SeasonMap, ranked within each month by the comfort score — because the point is not only where the season is on, but whether the weather is worth the trip while it is.

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When it is on

Number of destinations with carnival on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Carnival in January

  1. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.92climate
  2. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayUruguayan carnival · 20 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)The longest carnival anywhere: forty days of murga competing nightly in neighbourhood tablados from late January, opened by a parade down 18 de Julio.83climate
  3. 🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayUruguayan Carnaval · 25 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)Uruguay runs the longest carnival in the world — weeks of neighbourhood tablados and murga stages — and Colonia fills for the two national holidays that close it.80climate
  4. Pointe-à-Pitre, GuadeloupeCarnaval · 6 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)Parades every Sunday from Epiphany, growing until the five days at Mardi Gras.79climate
  5. Fort-de-France, MartiniqueCarnaval · 11 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)Sunday parades from early January build to five days that stop the town: burlesque weddings on the Monday, red devils on Shrove Tuesday, black and white on Ash Wednesday, and Vaval burned at dusk.78climate
  6. 🇨🇴 Barranquilla, ColombiaCarnaval de Barranquilla · 20 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)Four days from the Saturday flower battle to the Tuesday burial of Joselito, with weeks of pre-carnival dances before it.76climate
  7. 🇹🇹 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad Carnival · 6 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)The season runs from just after Christmas — panyards rehearsing nightly, Panorama, the fetes — to J'ouvert before dawn on Carnival Monday and the Parade of the Bands on Tuesday.75climate
  8. 🇩🇲 Roseau, DominicaMas Domnik · 5 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)Dominica calls its carnival the Real Mas and keeps it closer to calypso and sensay costume than to feathers.75climate
  9. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisSugar Mas · 11 Dec – 2 JanSt Kitts holds its carnival over Christmas rather than before Lent: three weeks of calypso tents and pageants in Basseterre, J'ouvert before dawn on Boxing Day, the Grand Parade on New Year's Day and Last Lap on the second.75climate
  10. Oranjestad, ArubaAruba Carnival · 3 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)The season opens with the Torch Parade through Oranjestad in the first week of January and runs to the Grand Parade on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, ending with the burning of King Momo at the harbour.73climate
  11. Willemstad, CuraçaoCarnival · 10 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)One of the longest carnival seasons in the Caribbean: tumba competitions from early January, then the Gran Marcha through Willemstad on Carnival Sunday and the farewell parade on the eve of Ash Wednesday.73climate
  12. Kralendijk, BonaireKarnaval · 20 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)The Tumba competition in late January picks the tune, then children's parades, then the grand parades through Rincon and Kralendijk on the weekend before Lent.73climate
  13. 🇺🇸 New Orleans, United StatesCarnival and Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter.72climate
  14. 🇧🇷 João Pessoa, BrazilCarnaval Multicultural · 15 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Blocos run from mid-January, the Folia de Rua opens at the Lagoa (Parque Solon de Lucena) in early February and the Carnaval Tradição parade of ala-ursas, maracatu groups and frevo orchestras runs through Ash Wednesday.72climate
  15. Palm Beach, ArubaAruba Carnival · 5 Jan – 20 Feb (usually)The season opens on 11 November at eleven minutes past eleven, but the parades that matter run through January and February and finish with the Grand Parade through Oranjestad on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.72climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesPensacola Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The Gulf coast carnival tradition here predates New Orleans' by decades and still runs krewes and a Grand Parade through downtown on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday.70climate
  17. 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, BrazilCarnaval de rua · 20 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)BH went from almost no street carnival to six hundred registered blocos in a decade, and it starts three weekends before the holiday itself.64climate
  18. 🇧🇷 Fernando de Noronha, BrazilCarnival and Reveillon · 27 Dec – 5 Mar (usually)The island is capped and its beds sell out for the new year and for carnival further ahead than any other week of the year, with flights out of Recife priced to match.64climate
  19. Cayenne, French GuianaCarnaval de Guyane · 6 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)Six weeks rather than a weekend: Sunday parades through Cayenne and, on Saturday nights, the touloulou balls where masked women in full costume pick the men to dance and nobody may refuse.60climate
  20. 🇮🇹 Venice, ItalyCarnevale · 25 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)Two and a half weeks of masks ending on Shrove Tuesday.59climate
  21. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroKotor Winter Carnival · 25 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Ten days of masked parades in a Venetian-built town that has kept the habit for five centuries, ending with a procession and the burning of an effigy on the Square of Arms.55climate
  22. 🇺🇸 St. Louis, United StatesSoulard Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The second-largest Mardi Gras in the country, built around the Grand Parade through Soulard on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday and a pet parade a fortnight earlier.50climate
  23. 🇩🇪 Munich, GermanyFasching · 7 Jan – 20 Feb (usually)Munich does carnival quietly next to the Rhineland, but the market women dance in costume at the Viktualienmarkt on Shrove Tuesday and the beer halls take it seriously for a fortnight.47climate
  24. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaTyrolean Fasnacht · 20 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)The weeks before Lent, when the valley villages bring out masked runs with bells and switches and the city holds its own parade on the Tuesday.47climate

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Carnival in February

  1. 🇪🇸 Tenerife, SpainCarnival in Santa Cruz · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The largest carnival in Spain after Cadiz takes the capital for a fortnight, with the main parade at midweek and street parties that run until dawn.94climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.92climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainCarnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen each run a week of parades and a burial of the sardine, with the diabletes masks that belong to Teguise rather than to the other islands.91climate
  4. 🇲🇽 Mazatlán, MexicoCarnaval de Mazatlán · 4 Feb – 8 Mar (usually)One of the oldest carnivals in the Americas, run along the Avenida del Mar with parades, the burning of bad humour and fireworks over the malecón.91climate
  5. 🇲🇽 La Paz, Baja California, MexicoCarnaval de La Paz · 5 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Six days of floats, comparsas and free concerts along the malecon in the week before Lent, and the seafront streets close for it.91climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Funchal, PortugalCarnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday.89climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainCarnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo each run their own week of parades and a burial of the sardine, smaller than Tenerife's but on beaches instead of boulevards.89climate
  8. 🇨🇻 Mindelo, Cabo VerdeMindelo Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The biggest carnival in Cape Verde, built on a Brazilian model and taken very seriously by the Sao Vicente groups.88climate
  9. 🇻🇪 Caracas, VenezuelaCarnaval · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Monday and Tuesday are national holidays and Caracas empties towards the coast and the interior.87climate
  10. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCarnaval de Malaga · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)A week of satirical singing groups in the centre before Lent, ending with the burial of the anchovy on the beach at Malagueta.86climate
  11. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainCarnaval de Cadiz · 1 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Ten days of satirical choirs singing in the streets of the old town, judged first in a month-long contest at the Gran Teatro Falla.86climate
  12. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainNerja carnival · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)An evening parade through the town in February or March, small and entirely local, in a month when the foreign residents outnumber the holidaymakers.86climate
  13. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalCarnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Four days of parades across the council, and the one in the village of Paderne is the older and better of them.84climate
  14. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusLimassol Carnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Ten days that end on Green Monday with a costumed parade the length of Makarios avenue.84climate
  15. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaCorso de Corsos · 5 Feb – 20 Mar (usually)The valley's carnival parade runs in Quillacollo on the Sunday after Carnival week, a full day of morenada and caporales troupes with the whole department along the route and water thrown at everyone.83climate
  16. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalCarnival at Loule · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The Algarve's oldest carnival parade runs at Loule, an hour east, and it is the only thing that fills this coast in February.83climate
  17. 🇪🇸 Barcelona, SpainSanta Eulàlia · 8–16 Feb (usually)The winter festa major: giants, castellers and free concerts through the old town over four days, aimed squarely at residents.82climate
  18. 🇲🇹 Valletta, MaltaMalta Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Five days of floats and grotesque masks in the streets below the city gate, a tradition the Knights already found in place.82climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesPensacola Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The Gulf coast carnival tradition here predates New Orleans' by decades and still runs krewes and a Grand Parade through downtown on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday.82climate
  20. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayUruguayan carnival · 20 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)The longest carnival anywhere: forty days of murga competing nightly in neighbourhood tablados from late January, opened by a parade down 18 de Julio.81climate
  21. 🇺🇸 New Orleans, United StatesCarnival and Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter.81climate
  22. 🇲🇽 Mérida, MexicoCarnaval de Mérida · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The parades moved out to a purpose-built Ciudad Carnaval at Xmatkuil years ago, so the centre keeps only the opening burning of bad humour and the children's parade.81climate
  23. 🇩🇴 Samaná, Dominican RepublicCarnaval · 1 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Dominican carnival runs every Sunday through February and closes on Independence Day at the end of the month.81climate
  24. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalCarnival · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)A long weekend here rather than a spectacle, and Shrove Tuesday is a de facto holiday.80climate
  25. 🇧🇴 Sucre, BoliviaCarnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Bolivia stops for carnival and the buses out of the city are full for days either side.80climate

…and 83 more in February.

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Carnival in March

  1. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainCarnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen each run a week of parades and a burial of the sardine, with the diabletes masks that belong to Teguise rather than to the other islands.95climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Tenerife, SpainCarnival in Santa Cruz · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The largest carnival in Spain after Cadiz takes the capital for a fortnight, with the main parade at midweek and street parties that run until dawn.95climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.93climate
  4. 🇲🇽 Mazatlán, MexicoCarnaval de Mazatlán · 4 Feb – 8 Mar (usually)One of the oldest carnivals in the Americas, run along the Avenida del Mar with parades, the burning of bad humour and fireworks over the malecón.93climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainCarnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo each run their own week of parades and a burial of the sardine, smaller than Tenerife's but on beaches instead of boulevards.91climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Funchal, PortugalCarnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday.90climate
  7. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusLimassol Carnival · 1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)Ten days that end on Green Monday with a costumed parade the length of Makarios avenue.89climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesPensacola Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The Gulf coast carnival tradition here predates New Orleans' by decades and still runs krewes and a Grand Parade through downtown on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday.89climate
  9. 🇨🇻 Mindelo, Cabo VerdeMindelo Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The biggest carnival in Cape Verde, built on a Brazilian model and taken very seriously by the Sao Vicente groups.89climate
  10. 🇺🇸 New Orleans, United StatesCarnival and Mardi Gras · 6 Jan – 9 Mar (usually)The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter.88climate
  11. 🇲🇹 Valletta, MaltaMalta Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Five days of floats and grotesque masks in the streets below the city gate, a tradition the Knights already found in place.87climate
  12. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaCorso de Corsos · 5 Feb – 20 Mar (usually)The valley's carnival parade runs in Quillacollo on the Sunday after Carnival week, a full day of morenada and caporales troupes with the whole department along the route and water thrown at everyone.86climate
  13. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayUruguayan carnival · 20 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)The longest carnival anywhere: forty days of murga competing nightly in neighbourhood tablados from late January, opened by a parade down 18 de Julio.86climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Catania, ItalyCarnevale di Acireale · 1 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Sicily's flower-and-papier-mache carnival runs for about ten days up to Shrove Tuesday in the baroque town fifteen kilometres north, reachable on the local train.86climate
  15. 🇲🇽 La Paz, Baja California, MexicoCarnaval de La Paz · 5 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Six days of floats, comparsas and free concerts along the malecon in the week before Lent, and the seafront streets close for it.86climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Athens, GreeceCarnival and Clean Monday · 8 Feb – 12 Mar (usually)Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors.85climate
  17. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCarnaval de Malaga · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)A week of satirical singing groups in the centre before Lent, ending with the burial of the anchovy on the beach at Malagueta.85climate
  18. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalCarnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Four days of parades across the council, and the one in the village of Paderne is the older and better of them.85climate
  19. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainCarnaval de Cadiz · 1 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Ten days of satirical choirs singing in the streets of the old town, judged first in a month-long contest at the Gran Teatro Falla.85climate
  20. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalCarnival at Loule · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)The Algarve's oldest carnival parade runs at Loule, an hour east, and it is the only thing that fills this coast in February.84climate
  21. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainNerja carnival · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)An evening parade through the town in February or March, small and entirely local, in a month when the foreign residents outnumber the holidaymakers.84climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Miami, United StatesCalle Ocho · 8–16 Mar (usually)Little Havana closes fifteen blocks of Eighth Street for a free street party at the end of Carnaval Miami.83climate
  23. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalCarnival · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)A long weekend here rather than a spectacle, and Shrove Tuesday is a de facto holiday.83climate
  24. 🇻🇪 Caracas, VenezuelaCarnaval · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Monday and Tuesday are national holidays and Caracas empties towards the coast and the interior.83climate
  25. 🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayUruguayan Carnaval · 25 Jan – 10 Mar (usually)Uruguay runs the longest carnival in the world — weeks of neighbourhood tablados and murga stages — and Colonia fills for the two national holidays that close it.83climate

…and 72 more in March.

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Carnival in April

  1. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenSt. Maarten Carnival · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)A month of it, not a weekend: the village by the Great Salt Pond opens in April and runs nightly until King Momo is burned in early May.75climate
  2. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsSt Thomas Carnival · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)The big week ends with J'ouvert before dawn and the Adults' Parade through town, with free nightly shows in the Carnival Village either side of it.75climate
  3. 🇯🇲 Kingston, JamaicaCarnival in Jamaica · 25 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)Jamaica's carnival is a soca season rather than a Lenten one: it lands after Easter and ends with the Road March through New Kingston.73climate
  4. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesDubai World Cup · 20 Mar – 1 Apr (usually)The world's richest race night closes the winter carnival at Meydan on the last Saturday in March, with a dress code taken seriously and the roads around Nad Al Sheba solid from mid-afternoon.65climate

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Carnival in May

  1. 🇩🇪 Berlin, GermanyKarneval der Kulturen · 10 May – 15 Jun (usually)Four days over the Whitsun weekend with the parade on the Sunday.86climate
  2. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsSt Thomas Carnival · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)The big week ends with J'ouvert before dawn and the Adults' Parade through town, with free nightly shows in the Carnival Village either side of it.72climate
  3. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenSt. Maarten Carnival · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)A month of it, not a weekend: the village by the Great Salt Pond opens in April and runs nightly until King Momo is burned in early May.71climate
  4. George Town, Cayman IslandsCayman Carnival Batabano · 1–25 May (usually)Cayman's carnival is a May road parade through George Town, with a junior parade a few weeks ahead of the main one.66climate

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Carnival in June

  1. 🇩🇪 Berlin, GermanyKarneval der Kulturen · 10 May – 15 Jun (usually)Four days over the Whitsun weekend with the parade on the Sunday.91climate
  2. 🇱🇨 Castries, Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 25 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July.70climate
  3. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVincy Mas · 20 Jun – 8 Jul (usually)The carnival builds through late June with calypso tents, Miss SVG and the King and Queen of the Bands, then takes the streets of Kingstown for J'ouvert and Mardi Gras in the first week of July.67climate
  4. 🇧🇧 Bridgetown, BarbadosCrop Over · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.65climate

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Carnival in July

  1. 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, NetherlandsZomercarnaval · 18 Jul – 2 Aug (usually)The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July.91climate
  2. 🇨🇦 Toronto, CanadaToronto Caribbean Carnival · 15 Jul – 3 Aug (usually)Three weeks of events ending with the Grande Parade along Lakeshore on the Saturday of the August civic long weekend.79climate
  3. 🇧🇷 Fortaleza, BrazilFortal · 18 Jul – 3 Aug (usually)An out-of-season carnival in the last week of July: trios elétricos on a closed circuit, ticketed blocos, and a city full for four nights.74climate
  4. 🇱🇨 Castries, Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 25 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July.67climate
  5. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaAntigua Carnival · 24 Jul – 6 Aug (usually)Calypso finals, pageants and pan through the last week of July, building to J'ouvert before dawn on the first Monday of August and the Last Lap through St.66climate
  6. 🇹🇳 Sousse, TunisiaCarnival of Aoussou · 23–26 Jul (usually)Floats, brass bands and folk troupes parade along Boujaafar beach on 24 July, a habit that goes back to a Roman feast for Neptune.66climate
  7. 🇱🇨 Soufrière, Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 1–25 Jul (usually)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July, so the build-up runs most of the month and the parade days land in the middle.65climate
  8. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVincy Mas · 20 Jun – 8 Jul (usually)The carnival builds through late June with calypso tents, Miss SVG and the King and Queen of the Bands, then takes the streets of Kingstown for J'ouvert and Mardi Gras in the first week of July.65climate
  9. The Valley, AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24 Jul – 9 Aug (usually)Anguilla's carnival: two weeks of calypso finals, pageants and the Parade of Troupes building to J'ouvert before dawn and a string of boat races that double as the island's national sport.65climate
  10. 🇧🇧 Bridgetown, BarbadosCrop Over · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.63climate

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Carnival in August

  1. 🇬🇧 London, United KingdomNotting Hill Carnival · 25–31 Aug (usually)Europe's largest street carnival takes the late-August bank holiday weekend, with steel bands on the Saturday and the main parade on the Monday.93climate
  2. 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, NetherlandsZomercarnaval · 18 Jul – 2 Aug (usually)The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July.93climate
  3. 🇨🇦 Toronto, CanadaToronto Caribbean Carnival · 15 Jul – 3 Aug (usually)Three weeks of events ending with the Grande Parade along Lakeshore on the Saturday of the August civic long weekend.86climate
  4. 🇧🇷 Fortaleza, BrazilFortal · 18 Jul – 3 Aug (usually)An out-of-season carnival in the last week of July: trios elétricos on a closed circuit, ticketed blocos, and a city full for four nights.77climate
  5. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaAntigua Carnival · 24 Jul – 6 Aug (usually)Calypso finals, pageants and pan through the last week of July, building to J'ouvert before dawn on the first Monday of August and the Last Lap through St.65climate
  6. The Valley, AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24 Jul – 9 Aug (usually)Anguilla's carnival: two weeks of calypso finals, pageants and the Parade of Troupes building to J'ouvert before dawn and a string of boat races that double as the island's national sport.64climate
  7. 🇧🇧 Bridgetown, BarbadosCrop Over · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.61climate
  8. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaSpicemas · 1–15 Aug (usually)Grenada's carnival lands in August, and J'ouvert here means Jab Jab — old engine oil, chains and horns through St George's before dawn on the Monday.60climate

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Carnival in September

  1. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaKüska, the Swakopmund carnival · 20 Sep – 6 Oct (usually)The German-Namibian carnival: a princes' ball, comedy evenings held in German, and a street parade of decorated floats to close it.96climate

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Carnival in October

  1. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaKüska, the Swakopmund carnival · 20 Sep – 6 Oct (usually)The German-Namibian carnival: a princes' ball, comedy evenings held in German, and a street parade of decorated floats to close it.97climate
  2. 🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaSpring Racing and the Cup · 25 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The carnival runs for a fortnight and the Cup itself, on the first Tuesday of November, is a public holiday across the metro area.87climate

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Carnival in November

  1. 🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaSpring Racing and the Cup · 25 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The carnival runs for a fortnight and the Cup itself, on the first Tuesday of November, is a public holiday across the metro area.91climate
  2. 🇩🇪 Cologne, GermanyCarnival opens on 11 November · 11 NovThe carnival session opens at 11.11 on the eleventh of November in the Alter Markt and the Zuelpicher Strasse, a full drinking day in the middle of an otherwise quiet month.60climate

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Carnival in December

  1. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisSugar Mas · 11 Dec – 2 JanSt Kitts holds its carnival over Christmas rather than before Lent: three weeks of calypso tents and pageants in Basseterre, J'ouvert before dawn on Boxing Day, the Grand Parade on New Year's Day and Last Lap on the second.73climate
  2. 🇧🇷 Fernando de Noronha, BrazilCarnival and Reveillon · 27 Dec – 5 Mar (usually)The island is capped and its beds sell out for the new year and for carnival further ahead than any other week of the year, with flights out of Recife priced to match.71climate

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