På gång i Durban, South Africa under året

Mest folk — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

• Säsong

  Swimmable sea all year

  1 jan – 31 decHavet varmt nog

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer storm and flood season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), South African summer holidays (15 dec – 15 jan)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer storm and flood season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Term 1–2 (autumn) break i South Africa, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter on the Golden Mile

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer storm and flood season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter on the Golden Mile, Term 1–2 (autumn) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter on the Golden Mile (3–6 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Sardine run

  25 maj – 20 jul · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Comrades Marathon, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

• Natur

  Humpback migration

  1 jun – 30 novValsäsong

  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 junSportevenemangTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  The Durban July

  4 julSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Sardine run (25 maj – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — The Durban July, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

• Festival

  Durban International Film Festival

  18 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Sardine run (25 maj – 20 jul (vanligtvis)), Humpback migration (1 jun – 30 nov), The Durban July (4 jul)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Humpback migration (1 jun – 30 nov), Durban International Film Festival (18 jul – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Heritage Day, Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

• Helg

  Heritage Day

  24 sepNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Humpback migration (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — Diwali, Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

• Festival

  Diwali

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Humpback migration (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mycket folk — Diwali, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Summer storm and flood season

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisStormsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Humpback migration (1 jun – 30 nov), Diwali (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — South African summer holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

• Helg

  South African summer holidays

  15 dec – 15 janSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Swimmable sea all year (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer storm and flood season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))