På gång i Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Dia de Reyes

  5–6 janReligiös högtid

  Sweet bread shared on 6 January with a figure baked inside, and whoever finds it owes tamales in February. The bakeries queue round the block on the fifth. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad

• Natur

  Jacaranda bloom

  20 feb – 10 apr · vanligtvis

  Roma, Condesa and the avenues out to San Angel go purple for six weeks, usually from the end of February. The trees are not native; a Japanese gardener planted them in the 1930s. Källa ↗

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

• Risk

  Ozone alert season

  1 mar – 31 majRöksäsong

  Still, sunny, rainless weeks in the basin cook the traffic exhaust into ozone, and the city declares contingencies that pull cars off the road. It clears the day the rains start. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningar

  The capital empties for the week as families head to the coast, which makes it the easiest the traffic ever gets. Many small restaurants close with them. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda bloom (20 feb – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda bloom (20 feb – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Ozone alert season (1 mar – 31 maj), Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Säsong

  Afternoon storm season

  25 maj – 10 oktMonsunRisk

  Bright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it. Plan the outdoor half of the day before three o'clock and the city works perfectly well.

Pågår fortfarande: Ozone alert season (1 mar – 31 maj)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (25 maj – 10 okt)

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (25 maj – 10 okt)

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (25 maj – 10 okt)

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

• Festival

  El Grito

  15–16 sepStor festivalTrångtStängningar

  The Zocalo fills on the night of the fifteenth for the shout from the balcony, and the military parade takes the Reforma the next morning. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (25 maj – 10 okt)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Mexico City Grand Prix

• Natur

  Cempasuchil in the markets

  15 okt – 2 nov · vanligtvisStor festival

  Orange marigolds arrive by the truckload for the altars, and the fields at Xochimilco and Tlahuac are worth the trip out before they are cut. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Mexico City Grand Prix

  30 okt – 1 novMotorsportshelgTrångtBoka tidigt

  Three days at the Autodromo at the end of October, overlapping Day of the Dead in most years. Between the two, that fortnight is the hardest of the year to book. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  31 okt – 2 novReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  Altars everywhere, a parade down Reforma that the city invented for a film, and the older, quieter version out in Mixquic and the southern boroughs. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Afternoon storm season (25 maj – 10 okt)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Mexico City Grand Prix

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Cempasuchil in the markets (15 okt – 2 nov (vanligtvis)), Mexico City Grand Prix (30 okt – 1 nov), Day of the Dead (31 okt – 2 nov)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage

• Festival

  Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage

  11–12 decPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  Around ten million people reach the basilica in the north of the city over two days, many of them walking in from other states. Traffic on that side is written off. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Las Posadas

  16–24 decJul & nyår

  Nine nights of neighbourhood processions, punch and broken pinatas before Christmas. It happens on residential streets rather than in the centre, so you have to be invited or lucky. Källa ↗