Jacaranda, month by month around the world

Streets under purple for a few weeks.

14 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 jacaranda on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Jacaranda in February

  1. Mexico City 🇲🇽 MexicoJacaranda bloom · 20 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)Roma, Condesa and the avenues out to San Angel go purple for six weeks, usually from the end of February.92

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Jacaranda in March

  1. Mexico City 🇲🇽 MexicoJacaranda bloom · 20 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)Roma, Condesa and the avenues out to San Angel go purple for six weeks, usually from the end of February.90

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Jacaranda in April

  1. Abha 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaJacaranda bloom · 10 Apr – 31 May (usually)More than 14,000 jacarandas line Abha's streets and parks, usually peaking in the first half of May; Art Street in the centre is where families gather in the evenings to see them.93
  2. Mexico City 🇲🇽 MexicoJacaranda bloom · 20 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)Roma, Condesa and the avenues out to San Angel go purple for six weeks, usually from the end of February.88

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Jacaranda in May

  1. Lisbon 🇵🇹 PortugalJacaranda bloom · 15 May – 20 Jun (usually)The avenues around Praca do Principe Real and Avenida Dom Carlos I go purple for a few weeks, usually from the second half of May.95
  2. Maui 🇺🇸 United StatesUpcountry jacaranda · 1 May – 15 Jun (usually)The road up through Kula towards Haleakala goes purple for about six weeks in late spring, a good enough reason on its own to drive upcountry rather than stay on the coast.86
  3. Abha 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaJacaranda bloom · 10 Apr – 31 May (usually)More than 14,000 jacarandas line Abha's streets and parks, usually peaking in the first half of May; Art Street in the centre is where families gather in the evenings to see them.86

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Jacaranda in June

  1. Lisbon 🇵🇹 PortugalJacaranda bloom · 15 May – 20 Jun (usually)The avenues around Praca do Principe Real and Avenida Dom Carlos I go purple for a few weeks, usually from the second half of May.93
  2. Maui 🇺🇸 United StatesUpcountry jacaranda · 1 May – 15 Jun (usually)The road up through Kula towards Haleakala goes purple for about six weeks in late spring, a good enough reason on its own to drive upcountry rather than stay on the coast.88

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Jacaranda in September

  1. Harare 🇿🇼 ZimbabweJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)The avenues in the northern suburbs and around the Avenues go purple for a few weeks in October, and the pavements go with them.91
  2. Pretoria 🇿🇦 South AfricaJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 10 Nov (usually)Around seventy thousand trees, and Brooklyn, Arcadia and Hatfield disappear under a purple roof from late September.89
  3. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambiaJacaranda season · 10 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)Jacarandas along the older avenues and in suburbs such as Kabulonga flower purple from mid-September through October, in the dry weeks before the rains arrive.86

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Jacaranda in October

  1. Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 ArgentinaJacaranda in flower · 20 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)Whole avenues turn blue for about three weeks, usually starting in the first week of November and best around the middle of the month.90
  2. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaJacaranda on the old avenues · 1 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The colonial-era streets around Upper Hill and Westlands go purple as the short rains start, and the petals end up thicker on the pavement than on the tree.90
  3. Antananarivo 🇲🇬 MadagascarJacarandas at Lake Anosy · 1 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Lake Anosy and the streets climbing to Antaninarenina go purple from the middle of October.89
  4. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 25 Oct – 25 Nov (usually)Whole streets in Kirribilli and the inner west go purple for about three weeks from late October, and the queue for the photograph is part of it now.88
  5. Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)Later here than in Sydney and thinner on the ground, but the older streets of Carlton, Fitzroy and the university grounds go purple from the end of October.87
  6. Harare 🇿🇼 ZimbabweJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)The avenues in the northern suburbs and around the Avenues go purple for a few weeks in October, and the pavements go with them.87
  7. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South AfricaJacarandas in the northern suburbs · 1 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Houghton, Killarney and the ridge roads go lilac for a few weeks from the start of October.86
  8. Pretoria 🇿🇦 South AfricaJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 10 Nov (usually)Around seventy thousand trees, and Brooklyn, Arcadia and Hatfield disappear under a purple roof from late September.86
  9. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambiaJacaranda season · 10 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)Jacarandas along the older avenues and in suburbs such as Kabulonga flower purple from mid-September through October, in the dry weeks before the rains arrive.82
  10. Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 15 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)New Farm Park and the older inner streets go purple from late October, which lands squarely on university exams.81

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Jacaranda in November

  1. Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)Later here than in Sydney and thinner on the ground, but the older streets of Carlton, Fitzroy and the university grounds go purple from the end of October.91
  2. Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 ArgentinaJacaranda in flower · 20 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)Whole avenues turn blue for about three weeks, usually starting in the first week of November and best around the middle of the month.88
  3. Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaJacaranda on the old avenues · 1 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The colonial-era streets around Upper Hill and Westlands go purple as the short rains start, and the petals end up thicker on the pavement than on the tree.88
  4. Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 25 Oct – 25 Nov (usually)Whole streets in Kirribilli and the inner west go purple for about three weeks from late October, and the queue for the photograph is part of it now.87
  5. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South AfricaJacarandas in the northern suburbs · 1 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Houghton, Killarney and the ridge roads go lilac for a few weeks from the start of October.83
  6. Harare 🇿🇼 ZimbabweJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)The avenues in the northern suburbs and around the Avenues go purple for a few weeks in October, and the pavements go with them.82
  7. Pretoria 🇿🇦 South AfricaJacaranda season · 25 Sep – 10 Nov (usually)Around seventy thousand trees, and Brooklyn, Arcadia and Hatfield disappear under a purple roof from late September.82
  8. Antananarivo 🇲🇬 MadagascarJacarandas at Lake Anosy · 1 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Lake Anosy and the streets climbing to Antaninarenina go purple from the middle of October.80
  9. Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 15 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)New Farm Park and the older inner streets go purple from late October, which lands squarely on university exams.78

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Jacaranda in December

  1. Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaJacaranda · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)Later here than in Sydney and thinner on the ground, but the older streets of Carlton, Fitzroy and the university grounds go purple from the end of October.92

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