På gång i Mombasa, Kenya under året

Mest folk — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Festive season peak (18 dec – 5 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, Kaskazi, the calm season

• Helg

  Ramadan

  17 feb – 19 marStängningar

  The Old Town keeps the fast: daytime eating places shut, working hours move, and the streets around Mackinnon Market fill in the hour before sunset. Beach hotels carry on as normal. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 marRamadan & eidTrångt

  Eid empties the city onto the beaches at Nyali and Diani for three or four days. The Likoni ferry and the matatus south are packed from first light and the coast road barely moves. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kaskazi, the calm season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Natur

  Green turtle nesting

  1 mar – 31 jul · vanligtvis

  Green turtles come up the beaches at Watamu and Diani through the middle of the year, and the local conservation groups move nests above the tide line and post the hatchings when they happen.

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and many Kenyans head for the coast for the four-day weekend. Beach hotels fill and raise rates, and roads and the Mombasa train are busy, even though Easter often falls in the long rains. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (17 feb – 19 mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mar), Kaskazi, the calm season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Whale sharks off the coast (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter long weekend, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  The long rains

  1 apr – 15 jun · vanligtvisMonsunStängningar

  The real thing on this coast: days of rain, seaweed piled on the beaches and a good share of the south-coast hotels closed for renovation. Room rates are at their lowest of the year.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (17 feb – 19 mar), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mar), Green turtle nesting (1 mar – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), Easter long weekend (3–6 apr)

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Green turtle nesting (1 mar – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), The long rains (1 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Kusi, the cool monsoon

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisVindsäsong

  The southeast monsoon blows steadily and takes the edge off the whole coast. Rougher water, cheaper rooms, and the kite crowd out on Diani an hour to the south.

Pågår fortfarande: Green turtle nesting (1 mar – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), The long rains (1 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Green turtle nesting (1 mar – 31 jul (vanligtvis)), Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi), skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi)

  20–30 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  Mawlid al-Nabi, the Prophet's birthday, is marked in Mombasa with mosque gatherings, Quran recitation, and family visits; the date shifts with the Islamic calendar. Lamu's version up the coast draws the bigger crowds. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Kusi, the cool monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — Kaskazi, the calm season, Festive season peak

• Säsong

  Kaskazi, the calm season

  1 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisMonsunTrångt

  The northeast monsoon: hot, humid and close to windless, with the flattest water and the clearest visibility on the reef. It is also the coast's high season, and priced like it.

• Natur

  Whale sharks off the coast

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisDyksäsong

  Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself. Sightings are a matter of luck, not schedule.

• Helg

  Festive season peak

  18 dec – 5 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  Nairobi comes down to the coast in force. Hotel rates roughly double, the Likoni ferry queue runs to an hour, and every beach bar has a band on. Källa ↗