På gång i Ilha Grande, Brazil under året

Mest folk — Southern summer peak, Summer holidays i Brazil

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Summer storms and mud (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Southern summer peak (26 dec – 28 feb)

Mest folk — Carnival, Southern summer peak

• Helg

  Carnival

  13–18 febTrångtBoka tidigt

  Rio empties towards the Costa Verde and the island takes its share; the ferry queue at Conceicao de Jacarei is the bottleneck and rooms are sold months out at holiday rates. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Summer storms and mud (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Southern summer peak (26 dec – 28 feb)

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

• Helg

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival (13–18 feb), Sea warm enough to swim (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Summer storms and mud (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa long weekend

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr), Sea warm enough to swim (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Clear water and empty trails

  1 maj – 31 aug · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  The storms stop, the sea settles and underwater visibility is at its best of the year; the island is quiet enough that half the pousadas take the month off. Cool for swimming by August.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear water and empty trails (1 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Festival de Musica e Ecologia, Festa de Santana

• Festival

  Festival de Musica e Ecologia

  3–5 julMusikfestivalTrångt

  A municipal arts and ecology festival running since the early 2000s, mixing concerts with environmental talks around Vila do Abraao over a long weekend in early July. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Festa de Santana

  24–27 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Ilha Grande's patron-saint feast on Praia da Freguesia de Santana, unbroken since 1796: dawn bells and fireworks, a morning procession, a community lunch, and forro music into the afternoon. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clear water and empty trails (1 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear water and empty trails (1 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Southern summer peak

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 dec – 30 apr · vanligtvis

  The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm. Late March is the sweet spot.

• Säsong

  Summer storms and mud

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisMonsunRiskStängningar

  Afternoon storms come off the Serra do Mar most days, the forest trails turn to mud and the steep ones close after heavy rain. This coast has a history of landslides in the worst weeks.

• Säsong

  Southern summer peak

  26 dec – 28 febSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Between the new year and carnival the boats from Angra and Conceicao run full, Abraao's few hundred beds go early and the trail to Lopes Mendes is a procession. Nothing on the island is quick.