På gång i Cape Town, South Africa under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, South African summer holidays

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), The south-easter (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), South African summer holidays (15 dec – 15 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Cape wine harvest

  1 feb – 10 apr · vanligtvis

  The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it. Local consensus puts March as the best month of the year here.

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), The south-easter (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cape Town Cycle Tour

• Festival

  Cape Town Cycle Tour

  8 marSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  Around 35,000 riders take the peninsula loop on a Sunday in early March, and most of the coastal road system closes for the morning. Plan nothing that needs a car that day. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Good Friday and Family Day on Easter Monday make a four-day weekend that often runs into the school holidays. South Africans head for the coast, the mountains and the bush, so accommodation books out, national roads are busy and many shops close on Good Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cape wine harvest (1 feb – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter long weekend

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Cape wine harvest (1 feb – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

• Natur

  Southern right whales

  1 jun – 30 nov · vanligtvisValsäsong

  The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Southern right whales (1 jun – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  West Coast flower season

  1 aug – 20 sep · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September. The daisies only open in sun and close by mid-afternoon, so it is a late-morning drive. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southern right whales (1 jun – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

• Festival

  Hermanus Whale Festival

  2–4 oktValsäsongTrångt

  Three days on Walker Bay, two hours east, built around whales that are close enough to watch from the cliff path. The town is full and the road out of Cape Town on the Friday is slow. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southern right whales (1 jun – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), West Coast flower season (1 aug – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Hermanus Whale Festival

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Southern right whales (1 jun – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Hermanus Whale Festival (2–4 okt)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Mountain fire season

  1 nov – 15 maj · vanligtvisRöksäsongStängningar

  The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads. The park keeps crews on standby from November to May; smoke can sit over the city bowl for a day after the flames are out. Källa ↗

• Risk

  The south-easter

  15 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisVindsäsongStängningar

  The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time. It is at its hardest from November to February and decides your mountain day far more than the forecast does. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Kirstenbosch sunset concerts

  20 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March. Picnic blankets go down hours early and the big names sell out. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Southern right whales (1 jun – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, South African summer holidays

• Helg

  South African summer holidays

  15 dec – 15 jan · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain fire season (1 nov – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), The south-easter (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))